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nunnery

/nuhn-uh-ree/US // ˈnʌn ə ri //UK // (ˈnʌnərɪ) //

尼姑庵,庵堂,姑姑庵,修道院

Related Words

cloister隐修院,修道院,回廊,隐修会 monastery寺院,寺庙,寺庙里,寺院里的 retreat撤退,退缩,闭关修炼,闭关 abbey大修道院,修道院,隐修院,僧侣 priory牧师,牧师学院,牧师府,牧师府邸

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
plural nun·ner·ies.
- : a building or group of buildings for nuns; convent.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounconvent

Synonyms

cloister隐修院,修道院,回廊,隐修会 abbey大修道院,修道院,隐修院,僧侣 monastery寺院,寺庙,寺庙里,寺院里的 priory牧师,牧师学院,牧师府,牧师府邸 retreat撤退,退缩,闭关修炼,闭关 religious community宗教团体,宗教界,宗教社团,宗教社区

Examples

Yes, the capricious, man-eating screen siren has, quite literally, gotten thee to a nunnery.
I shall get the place full of a jolly lot of girls, and Wendover Park won't be no mouldy church, nor no bloomin' nunnery.
Another cause of its unfavourable reception seems to have been, its second title of "Love in a Nunnery."
Oh, restore to me my maiden quietude, in my nunnery of Subiaco—when the night was so calm in my cell.
As its unearthly glow irradiated the world around him, reversing its light and shade, the visions of the nunnery recurred.
The child was then to be conveyed to the nunnery, her husband being deluded into the belief that she had miscarried.

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