a member of a religious community of women who promise to serve God all their lives and often live together in a convent 修女；尼姑 She was wearing a nun’s habit and leather sandals. 她穿着修女的习惯和皮革凉鞋。
Word OriginOld English nonne, from ecclesiastical Latin nonna, feminine of nonnus ‘monk’, reinforced by Old French nonne.