convent
convent 英 [ˈkɒnvənt] 美 [ˈkɑnvent]
n. 女修道院
名词复数:convents
- A convent is a place where nuns live. Have you decided to dedicate the rest of your life to serving God? Well, then, maybe it’s time for you to consider moving into a convent.
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- n. 女修道院
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1. She was home from convent boarding school and was excitedly looking forward to her gifs next day, which I had already Purchased.
她从女修道院办的寄宿学校回来了，十分激动地等着第二天的礼物，那是我早就买好了的。
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2. At that time, Marietta, one of Lisa and Francesco's five children, had become a nun, thus she brought her mother to the nearby convent of Sant'Orsola.
当时，丽莎和弗朗西斯科的五个孩子之一的玛丽埃塔已经成为了修女，于是她把母亲带到了附近的桑特·乌苏拉修道院里。
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3. For years and years she lived here the way you would live in a convent.
她年复一年地住在这里，就像你住在女修道院一样。
- convent (n.) c. 1200, covent, cuvent, "association or community of persons devoted to religious life," from Anglo-French covent, from Old French convent, covent "monastery, religious community," from Latin conventus "assembly," used in Medieval Latin for "religious house," originally past participle of convenire "to come together, meet together, assemble; unite, join, combine; agree with, accord; be suitable or proper (to)," from assimilated form of com "with, together" (see con-) + venire "to come" (from PIE root *gwa- "to go, come").
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