/'kɒnvənt; [US] -vent; `kɑnvɛnt/
n building(s) in which a community of nuns lives 女修道院
*enter a convent, ie become a nun 当修女
* [attrib 作定语] a convent school, ie one run by nuns 修女会开办的学校. Cf 参看 monastery, nunnery (nun).

n[C]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French;Origin: covent, from Latin conventus 'group of people who have come together', from convenire; CONVENIENT]
a building or set of buildings where nuns live
→convent school