cloister

n. 修道院, 回廊
vt. 使与尘世隔绝

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

clois.ter

n.（名词）
A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle.
回廊，长廊：一侧有开敞柱廊的有顶的走道，沿着面对中庭的建筑物的围墙延伸


A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.
修道院：用于宗教隐居的地方，尤指修道院或女修道院
Life in a monastery or convent.
修道院生活：在修道院或女修道院里的生活
A secluded, quiet place.
隐居地：隐避的安静处所
v.tr.（及物动词）
clois.tered,clois.ter.ing,clois.ters
To shut away from the world in or as if in a cloister; seclude.
远离尘世，隐居：与世隔绝地处于或好象处于修道院中；隔离
To furnish (a building) with a cloister.
设回廊于：用回廊装饰（一幢建筑）

来源：
Middle English cloistre
中古英语 cloistre
from Old French
源自 古法语
alteration influenced by cloison [partition] * see cloisonné
受 cloison的影响 [间隔物] *参见 cloisonné
of clostre
clostre的变化
from Latin claustrum [enclosed place]
源自 拉丁语 claustrum [围绕区域]
from claudere [to close]
源自 claudere [关上]