Cloister

['klɒɪstə] or ['klɔɪstɚ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions).

(verb.) seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister; 'She cloistered herself in the office'.

(verb.) surround with a cloister; 'cloister the garden'.

(verb.) surround with a cloister, as of a garden.

珍宁校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) An inclosed place.

(v. t.) A covered passage or ambulatory on one side of a court;

(v. t.) the series of such passages on the different sides of any court, esp. that of a monastery or a college.

(v. t.) A monastic establishment; a place for retirement from the world for religious duties.

(v. t.) To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the world; to immure.

手打:谢莉

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Convent, monastery, abbey, nunnery, priory.

錄入:索菲娅

解釋/意思:

n. a covered arcade forming part of a monastic or collegiate establishment: a place of religious retirement a monastery or nunnery: an enclosed place.—v.t. to confine in a cloister: to confine within walls.—adjs. Clois′teral Clois′tral Claus′tral pertaining or confined to a cloister: secluded; Clois′tered dwelling in cloisters.—ns. Clois′terer one belonging to a cloister; Clois′ter-garth the court or yard enclosed by a cloister; Clois′tress (Shak.) a nun.—The cloister the monastic life.

整理:特蕾西