convent

单词音标

convent音标[\'kɒnvәnt]

汉语翻译

n. 女修道会

【法】 召集, 召开, 开会

英语解释

名词 convent:

a religious residence especially for nuns

a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together

例句

A woman doorkeeper or porter, especially in a convent.

女守门人，女搬运工女看门人或女搬运工，尤指修女院

The nuns live in the convent.

修女们住在修道院。

A member of a convent.

修女修道会的成员

The nuns are living in the convent.

修女们住在修道院里。

详细解释

con.vent

n.（名词）

A community, especially of nuns, bound by vows to a religious life under a superior.

（女）修道会：宣誓在修道院院长管理下过修行生活并受誓言约束的（尤指由修女们组成的）团体

The building or buildings occupied by such a community.

（女）修道院：这种团体所居住的建筑物或建筑物群

来源：

Middle English covent

中古英语 covent

from Old French

源自 古法语

from Medieval Latin conventus

源自 中世纪拉丁语 conventus

from Latin [assembly] [from past participle of] convenore [to assemble] * see convene

源自 拉丁语 [集会] [] 源自convenore的过去分词 [聚集] *参见 convene