cloister

cloister
[ˈklɔɪstə]
noun
  1. a covered walk in a convent, monastery, college, or cathedral, typically with a wall on one side and a colonnade open to a quadrangle on the other
    （修道院、学院、教堂的）走廊，回廊（多为一侧有墙，一侧有方庭的走道）
    ■(the cloister)monastic life
    修道院生活
    he was inclined more to the cloister than the sword.
    比起持剑征战，他更愿意过修道院生活。
    ■a convent or monastery
    女修道院；修道院
verb
  1. [with obj.]seclude or shut up in a convent or monastery
    使禁闭（或隐居）于修道院
    the monastery was where the Brothers would cloister themselves to meditate.
    修道院就是修士们把自己禁闭起来静思的场所。
派生
cloistral
adjective
语源
  1. Middle English (in the sense 'place of religious seclusion'): from Old French cloistre, from Latin claustrum, clostrum 'lock, enclosed place', from claudere, 'to close'
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