cloister

名词 cloister:

1. residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
   同义词：religious residence
2. a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)

动词 cloister:

1. surround with a cloister, as of a garden
2. seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister

1. A covered place for walking, as in a cloister.
   回廊，步道有顶棚的散步处，如回廊
2. Living in a cloister.
   隐居的住在修道院里的
3. The nuns live in a cloister of calm.
   修女们住在一个幽静的修道院里。
4. He cloistered himself away with his books.
   他只顾埋头苦读。

clois.ter

n.（名词）
A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle.
回廊，长廊：一侧有开敞柱廊的有顶的走道，沿着面对中庭的建筑物的围墙延伸

A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.
修道院：用于宗教隐居的地方，尤指修道院或女修道院
Life in a monastery or convent.
修道院生活：在修道院或女修道院里的生活
A secluded, quiet place.
隐居地：隐避的安静处所
v.tr.（及物动词）
clois.tered,clois.ter.ing,clois.ters
To shut away from the world in or as if in a cloister; seclude.
远离尘世，隐居：与世隔绝地处于或好象处于修道院中；隔离
To furnish (a building) with a cloister.
设回廊于：用回廊装饰（一幢建筑）

来源：
Middle English cloistre
中古英语 cloistre
from Old French
源自 古法语
alteration influenced by cloison [partition] * see cloisonné
受 cloison的影响 [间隔物] *参见 cloisonné
of clostre
clostre的变化
from Latin claustrum [enclosed place]
源自 拉丁语 claustrum [围绕区域]
from claudere [to close]
源自 claudere [关上]