convent

名词 convent:

1. a religious residence especially for nuns
2. a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together

1. A woman doorkeeper or porter, especially in a convent.
   女守门人，女搬运工女看门人或女搬运工，尤指修女院
2. The nuns live in the convent.
   修女们住在修道院。
3. A member of a convent.
   修女修道会的成员
4. The nuns are living in the convent.
   修女们住在修道院里。

con.vent

n.（名词）
A community, especially of nuns, bound by vows to a religious life under a superior.
（女）修道会：宣誓在修道院院长管理下过修行生活并受誓言约束的（尤指由修女们组成的）团体
The building or buildings occupied by such a community.
（女）修道院：这种团体所居住的建筑物或建筑物群

来源：
Middle English covent
中古英语 covent
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Medieval Latin conventus
源自 中世纪拉丁语 conventus
from Latin [assembly] [from past participle of] convenore [to assemble] * see convene
源自 拉丁语 [集会] [] 源自convenore的过去分词 [聚集] *参见 convene