| 单词 | cloister |
| 释义 | cloister —cloisterless, adj. —cloisterlike, adj. /kloy"steuhr/, n. 1. a covered walk, esp. in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard. 2. a courtyard, esp. in a religious institution, bordered with such walks. 3. a place of religious seclusion, as a monastery or convent. 4. any quiet, secluded place. 5. life in a monastery or convent. v.t. 6. to confine in a monastery or convent. 7. to confine in retirement; seclude. 8. to furnish with a cloister or covered walk. 9. to convert into a monastery or convent. [1250-1300; ME cloistre < AF, OF, b. cloison partition (see CLOISONNÉ) and clostre ( < L claustrum barrier (LL: enclosed place); see CLAUSTRUM)] Syn. 3. abbey, priory. |
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