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monastery

/mon-uh-ster-ee/US // ˈmɒn əˌstɛr i //UK // (ˈmɒnəstərɪ, -strɪ) //

寺院,寺庙,寺庙里,寺院里的

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural mon·as·ter·ies.

    • : a house or place of residence occupied by a community of persons, especially monks, living in seclusion under religious vows.
    • : the community of persons living in such a place.

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Examples

  • For those who make the trip, head to the astonishing Tiger’s Nest monastery to appreciate spectacular views and architectural genius at an altitude of over 10,000 feet.

  • The monastery sits at 10,240 feet above sea level and clings to a cliff like a reptile on a vertical wall.

  • They were hiking to the monastery when they walked into this scene.

  • I wonder if you've come across this and have any thoughts, or if I should just move to a monastery and be silent for the rest of my life.

  • Historians have long known that medieval monasteries and universities hosted many deep thinkers engaged in sophisticated intellectual enterprises.

  • A Spaniard by birth, Victor Serna left home shy of his 14th birthday and entered the monastery to become a Marist brother.

  • In 2008, his monastery was in desperate need of funds and Vreeland decided to lend a hand with his first photography exhibition.

  • Opposite is a red-brick monastery leaning like an ocean liner in the snow.

  • On Sunday Than Dar held the last of the funeral rites for her husband with a food donation ceremony at a monastery.

  • When he emerged from the Zen monastery on Mount Baldy, his enlightenment was followed with an all too worldly disaster.

  • In this place was a famous monastery, or temple, which would be an object of much interest and wonder to Yung Pak.

  • Passing through the gate, our friends found themselves at once in the midst of the Chang-an-sa monastery buildings.

  • It would be impossible to tell in detail about all the strange things Yung Pak saw at this monastery.

  • He made his way to Ireland, landed in his own province, and went to a monastery to hear mass.

  • To his right and far away lay a village, monastery buildings, a tall bare tower—St. Julien—very small; he must have travelled far.