Word · Frequency #5745
nuns
修女;尼姑
nuns is the plural of nun.
A woman who belongs to a religious community of women and takes vows, especially in the Christian church.
英语中通常指基督教修女;也可指佛教等宗教中的女修行者。
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A member of a Christian religious community of women who live by certain vows and usually wear a habit, (Roman Catholicism, specifically) those living together in a cloister.
基督教女性宗教团体成员,遵守特定誓言,通常穿修道服,尤其指天主教修道院中的修女
- 2.
The fourteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets or abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
许多闪族字母或辅音字母表的第十四个字母(腓尼基语、阿拉姆语、希伯来语、叙利亚语、阿拉伯语等)。
- 3.
a woman religious
修女;尼姑
- 4.
A member of a similar female community in other confessions.
其他宗教中类似的女性团体成员。
- 5.
a buoy resembling a cone
锥形浮标
- 6.
A kind of pigeon with the feathers on its head like the hood of a nun.
一种鸽子,头部羽毛像修女的头巾
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the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
希伯来语字母表中的第14个字母
努恩(闪米特字母表的第14个字母);锥形浮标;修女鸽;基督教女性宗教团体成员,遵守特定誓言,通常穿修道服,尤其指天主教修道院中的修女;许多闪族字母或辅音字母表的第十四个字母(腓尼基语、阿拉姆语、希伯来语、叙利亚语、阿拉伯语等)。
In use
The nun spends every morning praying in the chapel.
Several nuns from the convent visited the local school to teach children.
She decided to become a nun after years of volunteering at the hospital.
become a nun
表示加入修女会,常用于宗教语境。
She decided to become a nun after college.
她大学毕业后决定成为一名修女。
a nun of [order]
指明所属修会。
She is a nun of the Benedictine order.
她是一名本笃会的修女。
nun + lives in [place]
常与 convent(女修道院)连用。
The nun lives in a quiet convent.
Connections
Collocations
- Catholic nun
- 天主教修女
- She decided to become a Catholic nun after college.她大学毕业后决定成为一名天主教修女。
- Buddhist nun
- 佛教尼姑
- The Buddhist nun meditates for hours each day.这位佛教尼姑每天冥想数小时。
- become a nun
- 成为修女/尼姑
- She renounced her wealth to become a nun.她放弃财富去当了修女。
- nun's habit
- 修女服
- The nun's habit is simple and modest.修女服简单朴素。
- nun's convent
- 女修道院
- The nuns live in a convent just outside the city.修女们住在城外的女修道院里。
- nun's vow
Learner notes
Memory Tip
发音像“none”,联想修女一无所有(none),舍弃世俗。
Context & Register
宗教语境,正式或中性语域
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all rhyme with 'nun' because they share the same stressed vowel /ʌ/ and ending /n/. Note that the spelling 'un' is pronounced /ʌn/ in these cases, but be careful: 'noun' looks similar but is pronounced /naʊn/.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
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