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nun 音标拼音: [n'ʌn] n. 修女,尼姑 修女,尼姑 nun n 1: a woman religious 2: a buoy resembling a cone [ synonym: { conical buoy}, { nun}, { nun buoy}] 3: the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabetnun \ nun\ ( n[ oo^] n), n. The 25th letter of the Arabic alphabet, corresponding in pronunciation to n. [ PJC]
nun \ nun\ ( n[ u^] n), n. [ OE. nunne, AS. nunne, fr. L. nonna nun, nonnus monk; cf. Gr. ?, ?; of unknown origin. Cf. { Nunnery}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. A woman devoted to a religious life, who lives in a convent, under the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. [ 1913 Webster] They holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration. -- Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Zool.) ( a) A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers covering the head. ( b) The smew. ( c) The European blue titmouse. [ 1913 Webster] { Gray nuns} ( R. C. Ch.), the members of a religious order established in Montreal in 1745, whence branches were introduced into the United States in 1853; -- so called from the color or their robe, and known in religion as { Sisters of Charity of Montreal}. { Nun buoy}. See under { Buoy}. [ 1913 Webster]
nun \ nun\ ( n[ oo^] n or n[= oo] n), n. The 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, corresponding in pronunciation to n. [ PJC] 23 Moby Thesaurus words for " nun": abbess, canoness, celibataire, celibate, clergywoman, conventual, lady superior, misogamist, misogynist, monastic, monk, mother superior, novice, postulant, priest, prioress, religieuse, secular canoness, single, sister, superioress, the reverend mother, unmarried |
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