cloister
cloister 英 [ˈklɔɪstə(r)] 美 [ˈklɔɪstɚ]
n. 回廊；修道院；修道院生活；隐居地 vt. 使与尘世隔绝；用回廊环绕
进行时:cloistering 过去式:cloistered 过去分词:cloistered 第三人称单数:cloisters 名词复数:cloisters
- A cloister is an enclosed garden, usually surrounded by covered walkways. Because such spaces are often featured in buildings that house religious orders, cloister can be used to mean "monastery" or "convent."
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- n. 回廊；修道院；修道院生活；隐居地
- vt. 使与尘世隔绝；用回廊环绕
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1. What you beheld was the interior of a cloister.
你所看见的是一个修道院的内部。
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2. Some people go to a cloister in order to avoid problems of everyday life, and Yuri came to a circus.
为了逃避生活中的烦恼，有的人会选择去修道院。 但是尤里选择了去马戏团。
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3. It’s probably dangerous to enter exclusively into this realm and risk being caught in a cloister, removed from the market and its accountability.
如果专门只进入这个领域并且冒着陷于修道院、远离尘世及其责任的风险很可能是危险的。
- cloister (n.) early 13c., cloystre, "a monastery or convent, a place of religious retirement or seclusion," from Old French cloistre "monastery, convent; enclosure" (12c., Modern French cloître), from Medieval Latin claustrum "portion of monastery closed off to laity," from Latin claustrum (usually in plural, claustra) "place shut in, enclosure; bar, bolt, means of shutting in," from past participle stem of claudere "to close, shut" (see close (v.)).
- cloister (v.) "confine in a cloister or convent," c. 1400 (implied in cloistered), from cloister (n.). Figurative use, "shut up in retirement from the world," is from c. 1600. Related: Cloistered; cloistering.
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