Word · Frequency #8106
convent
女修道院
a religious residence, especially for nuns
- 1.
a religious residence especially for nuns
尤指修女的宗教居所
- 2.
a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together
共同生活的宗教团体(尤指修女)
修女会；修道团体；尤指修女的宗教居所；共同生活的宗教团体(尤指修女)；女修道会；[法] 召集；召开
In use
The old convent sits on a hill outside the village.
After years of prayer, she decided to enter a convent and devote her life to the order.
Visitors can tour the convent and see the quiet garden where the sisters once walked.
enter a convent
enter 表示正式加入。
She decided to enter a convent at the age of 18.
她18岁时决定进入女修道院。
live in a convent
表示长期居住。
The nuns live in a convent near the village.
修女们住在村庄附近的女修道院里。
join a convent
join 强调成为其中一员。
Connections
Collocations
- enter a convent
- 进入修道院
- She decided to enter a convent at the age of twenty.她二十岁时决定进入修道院。
- join a convent
- 加入修道院
- Many women joined convents during the Middle Ages.在中世纪，许多女性加入了修道院。
- convent school
- 修道院学校
- She was educated at a convent school in France.她在法国的一所修道院学校接受教育。
- convent life
- 修道院生活
- Convent life requires strict discipline and devotion.修道院生活要求严格的纪律和奉献。
- leave a convent
- 离开修道院
- After ten years, she left the convent to start a new life.十年后，她离开了修道院开始新生活。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：发音似'康文特'，即健康文明的修女特居。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：religion、history 该词通常用于宗教或历史语境，属于中性语域。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the spelling ending '-vent', but note that in 'convent' the second syllable is unstressed and pronounced with a schwa (ə), while in these related words the '-vent' is either stressed or has a clear /ɛ/ vowel. Therefore they do not actually rhyme with 'convent'.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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