c. 1400, from Old French monastere "monastery" (14c.) and directly from Late Latin monasterium, from Ecclesiastical Greek monasterion "a monastery," from monazein "to live alone," from monos "alone" (see mono-). With suffix -terion "place for (doing something)." Originally applied to houses of any religious order, male or female.
双语例句
1. In 1857 Mendel started experimenting with peas in his monastery garden.
1857年，孟德尔开始在修道院的菜园里用豌豆做实验。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The privations of monastery life were evident in his appearance.
