Nun
01
修女, 尼姑
a member of a female religious group that lives in a convent
例子
The nun devoted her life to prayer and service within the convent.
修女将她的生命奉献给了修道院内的祈祷和服务。
As a nun, she took vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience to live a life of religious devotion.
作为一名修女，她宣誓贫困、贞洁和服从，以过一种宗教奉献的生活。
02
a buoy shaped roughly like a cone, used for navigation or marking channels
例子
The boat passed carefully between two nuns in the harbor.
Mariners rely on nuns to mark safe passages.
03
the fourteenth character in the Hebrew alphabet
例子
The Hebrew word for faith begins with the letter nun.
He practiced writing the nun in calligraphy.
04
the Egyptian deity representing the primeval waters believed to exist before creation, considered the source of all life
例子
Nun was depicted as a vast, watery abyss in Egyptian mythology.
The priests offered rituals to honor Nun.
