| 单词 | cloister |
| 释义 | cloister (once / 840 pages) 1nv 2nv A cloister is an enclosed garden, usually surrounded by covered walkways. Because such spaces are often featured in buildings that house religious orders, cloister can be used to mean "monastery" or "convent." In enclosed religious orders, monks and nuns withdraw from society to devote themselves to prayer and contemplation. In order to provide them with access to the outdoors while protecting them from contact with the secular world, the cloister became a common element of convents and monasteries. When used as a verb, cloister generally loses its religious connotation and means "to seclude" or "isolate." Don't get a lunch detention or you'll be cloistered in the classroom while all the other kids are running around outside. WORD FAMILYcloister: cloistered, cloistering, cloisters, cloistral USAGE EXAMPLESWhile many this weekend will look ahead to 2017, the Met Cloisters will look back — way, way back. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) Now, if you ask me, theologians are not too far removed from the insufferable cloistered scribes of the nation’s greatest newspaper. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) Sitting atop all this heavy construction like a delicate flower is the abbey’s cloister. Seattle Times(Dec 13, 2016) 1 1n residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery) Syn|Hypo|Hyper religious residence convent a religious residence especially for nuns monasterythe residence of a religious community prioryreligious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress abbeya monastery ruled by an abbot abbeya convent ruled by an abbess charterhousea Carthusian monastery friarya monastery of friars lamaserya monastery for lamas nunnerythe convent of a community of nuns residence the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president) 2v seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister 2She cloistered herself in the office Hyper insulate, isolate place or set apart 1n a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions) Hyper court, courtyard an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings 2v surround with a cloister cloister the garden Hyper border, environ, ring, skirt, surround extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle 3v surround with a cloister, as of a garden Hyper border, environ, ring, skirt, surround extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle |
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