cloister

['klɔistə]

n.修道院, 寺庙,回廊, 隐居地
v.远离尘世,隐居,用环廊环绕

例句与用法:

A covered place for walking, as in a cloister.

回廊,步道有顶棚的散步处,如回廊

Living in a cloister.

隐居的住在修道院里的

The nuns live in a cloister of calm.

修女们住在一个幽静的修道院里。

He cloistered himself away with his books.

他只顾埋头苦读。

词形变化:

动词过去式: cloistered | 动词过去分词: cloistered | 动词现在分词: cloistering | 动词第三人称单数: cloisters |

详细释义:

n.

1. (修道院、大学等的)回廊[C][P1]

2. 修道院[C]

3. 修道院生活[the S]

4. 隐居地[C]

vt.

1. 幽闭于修道院中; 使与尘世隔绝

a scientist who cloisters himself in his laboratory

把自己关在实验室里的科学家

2. 设回廊于; 用回廊环绕

cloistered gardens

回廊环绕的花园