Word · Frequency #22482
nunneries
女修道院；尼姑庵
nunneries is the plural of nunnery.
the convent of a community of nuns
- 1.
Any convent (religious community) or the buildings thereof.
- 2.
the convent of a community of nuns
修女团体的修道院
修女团体的修道院；女修道院；尼姑庵
In use
The old nunnery at the edge of town has been turned into a museum.
She decided to visit the nunnery where her aunt had lived for many years.
Many nunneries in the region were built in the 15th century.
a nunnery
nunnery 是可数名词，指修女居住的修道院。
The old building was once a nunnery.
这座老建筑曾经是一座女修道院。
enter a nunnery
enter a nunnery 是常见搭配，意为“成为修女、出家”。
She entered a nunnery at the age of twenty.
她二十岁时进了女修道院。
live in a nunnery
The nuns live in a nunnery near the river.
Connections
Collocations
- enter a nunnery
- 进修道院（当修女）
- She entered a nunnery after her husband died.丈夫去世后，她进修道院当修女。
- live in a nunnery
- 住在女修道院里
- The nuns live in a nunnery at the edge of town.修女们住在城郊的女修道院里。
- found a nunnery
- 创建女修道院
- The widow used her inheritance to found a nunnery.那位寡妇用遗产创建了一座女修道院。
- be sent to a nunnery
- 被送进女修道院
- She was sent to a nunnery at a young age.她年幼时就被送进了女修道院。
- leave a nunnery
- 离开女修道院
- She left the nunnery to care for her sick mother.她离开女修道院去照顾生病的母亲。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象nun（修女）＋-ery（表场所），nunnery就是修女们住的院子：女修道院、尼姑庵。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：historical writing、religious writing、literature nunnery 通常用于正式、历史或文学语境，日常口语中较少见；现代英语中更常用 convent 来表达“修道院”或“尼姑庵”。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正押韵的是 gunnery /ˈɡʌnɝi/，与 nunnery 同韵（/ʌnɝi/）。winery、scenery、finery 虽都以 -nery 结尾，但重读元音为 /aɪ/ 或 /iː/，读音不同；cannery 拼写相似，但元音为 /æ/，也不押韵。
Learn the forms together
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.