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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。
女修道院；尼姑庵
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
女修道院；尼姑庵
the convent of a community of nuns
The old building was once a nunnery.
这座老建筑曾经是一座女修道院。
Any convent (religious community) or the buildings thereof.
修女团体的修道院
the convent of a community of nuns
The old nunnery at the edge of town has been turned into a museum.
镇边那座古老的女修道院已经改成了博物馆。
She decided to visit the nunnery where her aunt had lived for many years.
她决定去参观姑姑住了很多年的那座女修道院。
Many nunneries in the region were built in the 15th century.
该地区的许多女修道院都建于15世纪。
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 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。
The nuns live in a nunnery near the river.
修女们住在河边的一座女修道院里。
Not this
She lives in a nunery.
Use this
She lives in a nunnery.
nunnery 的拼写中有两个 n（n-u-n-n-e-r-y），不能漏掉第二个 n。nunery 是常见拼写错误。
Not this
The nunnery is home to fifty monks.
Use this
The monastery is home to fifty monks.
nunnery 特指女修道院（修女居住），而 monks 是修士，应住在 monastery（男修道院）。表示男修道院要用 monastery。
Not this
At 18, she decided to become a nunnery.
Use this
At 18, she decided to become a nun.
nunnery 是地点名词（女修道院），指‘修女’要用 nun。把地点名词误用作身份名词是中国学习者常犯的词性错误。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
（哈姆雷特台词）进修道院去吧；少来烦我
After he criticized her cooking again, she yelled, 'Get thee to a nunnery!'
他又挑剔她的厨艺后，她喊道：“你进修道院去吧！”
你到女修道院去吧。
Shakespeare's Hamlet includes the famous line 'Get thee to a nunnery,' where 'nunnery' means a convent.
莎士比亚的《哈姆雷特》中有句著名的台词“Get thee to a nunnery”，其中 nunnery 意为女修道院。
Use nunnery naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
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。
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”。
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。
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