cloister

英 ['klɔɪstə(r)] 美 ['klɔɪstər]

• n. 修道院；寺庙；回廊；隐居地
• v. 远离尘世；隐居；用环廊环绕

英英释义

Noun:

1. residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)

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

Verb:

1. surround with a cloister, as of a garden

2. surround with a cloister;

   "cloister the garden"
   

3. seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister;

   "She cloistered herself in the office"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The nuns live in a cloister of calm.
   修女们住在一个幽静的修道院里。
2. He coiled around the moist cloister pillars.
   他环抱着回廊那潮湿的柱子。

词汇搭配

• cloister arch 回廊拱
• cloister vault 回廓穹窿
• cloister garth 回廊中庭
• oyster cloister 牡蛎养殖架

近反义词

【近义词】

• convent 女修道院
• closet 壁橱
• quadrangle 四边形
• colonnade 柱廊
• arcade 拱廊
• portico 柱廊
• walkway 走道
• monastery 修道院
• abbey 修道院
• friary 男修道院
• nunnery 女修道院
• seclude 隔离
• shelter 避难所
• retreat 撤退
• withdraw 撤回
• confine 限制
• sequester 使 ... 隔绝
• shut away 把 ... 藏起来...
• cell 单人牢房
• fortress 堡垒
• privacy 隐居
• wing 翅膀