monastery
英['m?n?st(?)r?]
美['mɑn?st?ri]
- n. 修道院；僧侶
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?monasteries;
中文詞源
monastery 修道院，隱修院
來自希臘語monasterion,來自monos,單個的，獨自的，詞源同monk.-terion,表地點。即一個人住的地方，后用于指修道院，隱修院。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. In 1857 Mendel started experimenting with peas in his monastery garden.
- 1857年，孟德爾開始在修道院的菜園里用豌豆做實驗。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The privations of monastery life were evident in his appearance.
- 從他的外表來看可以明顯看出修道院生活的清貧。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The monastery is in a remote mountain pass.
- 那個修道院在一個偏遠的山口中。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The monastery has taken in 26 refugees.
- 修道院已經(jīng)收留了26位難民。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. They found an icon in the monastery.
- 他們在修道院中發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個圣像.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》