nunnery
/nuhn-uh-ree/US // ˈnʌn ə ri //UK // (ˈnʌnərɪ) //
尼姑庵,庵堂,姑姑庵,修道院
Related Words
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural nun·ner·ies.
- : a building or group of buildings for nuns; convent.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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.
Level 3Browse all words →