| 单词 | cloister |
| 释义 | cloister n. & v. --n 1. a covered walk, often with a wall on one side and a colonnade open to a quadrangle on the other, esp. in a convent, monastery, college, or cathedral. 2. monastic life or seclusion. 3. a convent or monastery. --vtr. seclude or shut up usu. in a convent or monastery. Derivatives cloistral adj. Etymology: ME f. OF cloistre f. L claustrum, clostrum lock, enclosed place f. claudere claus- CLOSE(2) |
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