mid-13c., "convent headed by an abbot or abbess," from Anglo-French abbeie, Old French abaïe, from Late Latin abbatia, from abbas (genitive abbatis); see abbot.
实用例句
1. The monks of Ettal keep the abbey in good repair.
埃塔尔的修道士把修道院维护得很好。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Elizabeth was crowned in Westminster Abbey on 2 June 1953.
伊丽莎白于1953年6月2日在威斯敏斯特大教堂加冕。
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3. The abbey was in ruins.
这个修道院已经成了一片废墟。
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4. the site of a sixteenth century abbey
一座十六世纪的修道院的旧址
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5. We plan to visit the venerable ruins of the abbey.