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monastery

英['mɒnəst(ə)rɪ] 美['mɑnəstɛri]
  • n. 修道院;僧侣

词态变化


复数: monasteries;

中文词源


monastery 修道院,隐修院

来自希腊语monasterion,来自monos,单个的,独自的,词源同monk.-terion,表地点。即一个人住的地方,后用于指修道院,隐修院。

英文词源


monastery
monastery: see monk
monastery (n.)
c. 1400, from Old French monastere "monastery" (14c.) and directly from Late Latin monasterium, from Ecclesiastical Greek monasterion "a monastery," from monazein "to live alone," from monos "alone" (see mono-). With suffix -terion "place for (doing something)." Originally applied to houses of any religious order, male or female.

双语例句


1. In 1857 Mendel started experimenting with peas in his monastery garden.
1857年,孟德尔开始在修道院的菜园里用豌豆做实验。

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2. The privations of monastery life were evident in his appearance.
从他的外表来看可以明显看出修道院生活的清贫。

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3. The monastery is in a remote mountain pass.
那个修道院在一个偏远的山口中。

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4. The monastery has taken in 26 refugees.
修道院已经收留了26位难民。

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5. They found an icon in the monastery.
他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像.

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