名詞 monastery:

1. the residence of a religious community

1. A monastery of friars.
   男修道院(修士兄弟會(huì))
2. The head of a monastery or a group of monasteries.
   修道院名譽(yù)院長(zhǎng)修道院或一組修道院的院長(zhǎng)
3. The only regular visitors to the monastery in winter are parties of skiers who go there at Christmas and Easter.
   冬季到修道院來的?？椭皇菐着┱撸麄兺ǔＴ谑サ┕?jié)和復(fù)活節(jié)去那里。
4. The monks live in a large monastery.
   這些修道士居住在一個(gè)大修道院里。

mon.as.ter.y

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 mon.as.ter.ries 縮寫 mon.
A community of persons, especially monks, bound by vows to a religious life and often living in partial or complete seclusion.
全體修道院修士：一個(gè)立誓皈依某一宗教生活的人的組織，尤指修士的團(tuán)體，他們經(jīng)常過著半隱居或完全隱居的生活
The dwelling place of such a community.
修道院：這種團(tuán)體居住的場(chǎng)所

來源：
Middle English monasterie
中古英語 monasterie
from Old French monastere
源自 古法語 monastere
from Late Latin monastôrium
源自 后期拉丁語 monastôrium
from Late Greek monastôrion
源自 后期希臘語 monastôrion
from Greek monazein [to live alone]
源自 希臘語 monazein [獨(dú)居]
from monos [alone] * see men- 4
源自 monos [單獨(dú)地] *參見 men- 4

【引伸】
mon.aste.rial