abbey
英 [ˈæbi]
美 [ˈæbi]
n. (大)隐修院; (曾为大隐修院的)大教堂
复数：abbeys
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同义词辨析
monasteryabbeyconventnunnery【导航词义：修道院，寺院】
monasteryn. 修道院，寺院
〔辨析〕
指修道士、僧侣居住、修道之处。
〔例证〕
There are three hundred monks living in the monastery.
这个修道院里住着300个修道士。
这个修道院里住着300个修道士。
abbeyn. 大修道院，大寺院
〔辨析〕
指带建筑群的大教堂，通常供修道士或修女居住、修道等。
〔例证〕
Have you ever been to Westminster Abbey?
你去过威斯敏斯特教堂吗？
你去过威斯敏斯特教堂吗？
conventn. 女修道院
〔辨析〕
供修女居住、修道等的建筑或建筑群。
〔例证〕
There is a convent nearby.
附近有一所女修道院。
附近有一所女修道院。
nunneryn. 〈旧〉女修道院，尼姑庵
〔辨析〕
词义同 convent，但现已少用。
〔例证〕
A nunnery is a place where nuns live together.
女修道院是修女们一起居住的地方。
Jane lives in a nunnery.
简住在一座修道院里。
女修道院是修女们一起居住的地方。
Jane lives in a nunnery.
简住在一座修道院里。
牛津词典
noun
- （大）隐修院；（曾为大隐修院的）大教堂
a large church together with a group of buildings in which monks or nuns live or lived in the past- Westminster Abbey
威斯敏斯特教堂（亦译西敏寺） - a ruined abbey
破败不堪的教堂
- Westminster Abbey
柯林斯词典
- （大）修道院
Anabbeyis a church with buildings attached to it in which monks or nuns live or used to live.
英英释义
noun
- a monastery ruled by an abbot
- a convent ruled by an abbess
- a church associated with a monastery or convent
双语例句
- The abbey has been rebuilt, but in1908 it was not yet completed.
修道院已经重建，但在1908年还没有完成。 - For the wedding, television cameras entered Westminster Abbey for the first time.
为拍摄婚礼，电视摄像机首次被搬进了威斯敏斯特教堂。 - Westminster abbey towering in the distance there provides a fascinating view.
矗立在远处的西敏寺构成了一处迷人的景色。 - The monks of Ettal keep the abbey in good repair
埃塔尔的修道士把修道院维护得很好。 - She said she missed her life at the abbey too much.
她说她太想念修道院的生活了，她必须离开我们。 - Brother william, this abbey is enshrouded in a terrifying mystery.
威廉教友，这所修道院正掩盖在可怕的神秘中。 - A deep hush pervaded the Abbey.
深沉的寂静遍布了整个大教堂。 - We tried to visit the Abbey but were put off by the queues.
我们曾想参观威斯敏斯特教堂，但排起的长队使我们打消了这个念头。 - The British pavilion is an impressive steel and glass construction the size of Westminster Abbey.
这座英式亭阁是令人赞叹的钢和玻璃建筑，大小和威斯敏斯特教堂相当。 - Every Abbey and great man's house had its fish pond.
每所修道院和显贵要人的宅邸都有自己的鱼塘。