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cloister

/kloi-ster/US // ˈklɔɪ stər //UK // (ˈklɔɪstə) //

隐修院,修道院,回廊,隐修会

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard.
    • : a courtyard, especially in a religious institution, bordered with such walks.
    • : a place of religious seclusion, as a monastery or convent.
    • : any quiet, secluded place.
    • : life in a monastery or convent.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to confine in a monastery or convent.
    • : to confine in retirement; seclude.
    • : to furnish with a cloister or covered walk.
    • : to convert into a monastery or convent.

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Examples

  • The idea of the silence and solitude of the cloister inspired the highly-imaginative girl with a blaze of enthusiasm.

  • Yes, I knew he would not be in, and so we left him lying down on the bench in the cloister till dinner was over.

  • I am not sure whether a cloister or a prison, commanding a fine view, be preferable to one without.

  • You will hear of him; he does not live in a cloister; he is always doing something for somebody.

  • In the Cloister garden of the Cathedral are preserved a tesselated pavement and the sepulchral slab of a Roman warrior.