1N-COUNT 女修道院 A convent is a building in which a community of nuns live. 女修道院
2N-COUNT 同 convent school A convent is the same as a convent school . 同 convent school
Quotations
The convent, which belongs to the West as it does to the East, to antiquity as it does to the present time, to Buddhism and Muhammadanism as it does to Christianity, is one of the optical devices whereby man gains a glimpse of infinityVictor HugoLes Misérables
I like convents, but I wish they would not admit anyone under the age of fiftyNapoleon Bonaparte
ADJECTIVE | VERB + CONVENT | CONVENT + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤Carmelite, Catholic, Franciscan, etc.加爾默羅會、天主教、方濟各會等的女修道院VERB + CONVENT➤enter, join當修女◇She entered a convent (= became a nun) at the age of sixteen.她 16 歲當了修女。➤leave離開修道院還俗▸➤establish, found, set up設女修道院;創辦女修道院◇The nuns established a convent here in 1692.1692 年,修女們在這兒創立了一所修道院。CONVENT + NOUN➤building, wall修道院;修道院牆◇within the convent walls (= inside the convent)女修道院內➤education, school女修會教育/學校PREPOSITION➤in a/the convent在女修道院裏◇She spent her whole life in a convent.她終生在修道院裏度過。➤convent of⋯女修道院◇the Convent of St Saviour救主女修院