| [/ˈklɔɪstə(r); ˋklɔɪstɚ/] n 用法:
1 [C, often pl 常作复数] covered passage around an open court or quadrangle, with a wall on the outer side and columns or arches on the inner side, esp within a convent or college, or attached to a cathedral 回廊. 用法:
2
(a) [C] convent or monastery 修道院.
(b) [sing] life in a convent or monastery 修道院的生活:
the calm of the cloister 修道院的幽静. cloister 2
v [Tn, Tn.p] ~ oneself/sb (away) shut oneself/sb away (as if) in a cloister 使自己[某人]与世隔绝（像在修道院内）:
He cloistered himself away with his books. 他只顾埋头读书. cloistered adj secluded; sheltered 隐居的; 隐匿的:
a cloistered life 隐居的生活. |