nun
gb/nˈʌn/ us/nˈʌn/
B1
英语
~ 9000
义项
0 个义项
名词
B1
entity
1
woman in a religious order
A woman who gives her life to religion, usually lives in a special house with other women, and follows strict religious rules.
用法模式：
[someone] becomes a nun
常见错误：
Learners sometimes confuse "nun" with "none" because they sound similar. "Nun" is a religious woman, while "none" means zero or not any (e.g., "I have none left"). Some learners also think "nun" only refers to Catholic women, but it can be used for women in other religions, such as a Buddhist nun.
近义词
sister (Often used as a form of address for a nun, especially in Christian contexts; can also refer more generally to a woman in a female religious community.)
反义词
layperson (A person who is not a member of the clergy or a religious order, the opposite of someone who has taken religious vows.)
搭配
Catholic nun
|Buddhist nun
|convent nun
|become a nun
|an order of nuns
|nun's habit
主题
religion
|society
|identity
|relationships
例句
- She decided to become a nun after volunteering at the hospital.
- The nun led the students in a short prayer before class.
- We visited a monastery where the nuns make cheese and honey.
- As a young nun, she was sent to work in a rural village.
- The film tells the story of a rebellious teen who is sent to live with nuns.
学习者例句
- Her aunt is a nun in a small town.
- The nun wears a long black dress.
- He talks with a nun about his problems.
- She wants to be a nun when she is older.
名词
technical
C1
entity
2
fourteenth Hebrew alphabet letter
The name of the 14th letter in the Hebrew alphabet, written נ or ן.
用法模式：
the Hebrew letter nun
常见错误：
Learners may not realize that "nun" can be a letter name as well as a religious woman. The pronunciation is the same, so only the context shows whether it is the Hebrew letter or a religious person.
近义词
letter נ (Refers directly to the written symbol instead of its spoken name.)
搭配
the letter nun
|Hebrew letter nun
|final nun
|the character nun
主题
language
|religion
|writing
|education
|communication
例句
- In this word, the letter nun appears twice.
- Please write the Hebrew nun on the board.
- The final form of nun is used only at the end of a word.
学习者例句
- The teacher shows the class the letter nun.
- He practices writing the Hebrew nun again and again.
- This Hebrew word starts with the letter nun.
名词
technical
C1
entity
3
red conical navigation buoy
A red, cone-shaped floating marker used on water in North America to show the right-hand side of a safe boat channel when you sail in from the sea.
用法模式：
a nun buoy in [a channel]
常见错误：
Learners may think "nun" here refers to a religious woman on a boat. In nautical English, a "nun buoy" is only a type of red, cone-shaped navigation marker and has no connection to religion.
近义词
starboard-hand buoy (A more general nautical term; not all starboard-hand buoys are necessarily cone-shaped "nun" buoys in the North American system.)
反义词
can buoy (A green, usually cylindrical buoy that marks the port side of a channel, functionally opposite to a red nun buoy in North American systems.)
搭配
nun buoy
|red nun
|red nun buoy
|channel marker
主题
transport
|sea
|technology
|travel
|transportation
例句
- Keep the red nun buoys on your starboard side as you enter the harbor.
- The chart shows a line of nun buoys marking the narrow channel.
- After the storm, the outer nun buoy was found miles from its proper position.
学习者例句
- The boat passes close to the red nun buoy.
- On this river, nun buoys show the safe way for ships.
- The captain looks for the next nun buoy in the fog.