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cloister/ˈklɔistə/ n. & v.●n. 1 a covered walk, often with a wall on one side and a colonnade open to a quadrangle on the other, esp. in a convent, monastery, college, or cathedral (尤指修道院、学院或大教堂的)回廊，走廊 2 monastic life or seclusion 修道院的生活；隐居 3 a convent or monastery 修道院 ●v. tr. seclude or shut up, usu. in a convent or monastery 隐居，与世隔绝(通常指隐居于修道院中) □ cloistral adj.[Middle English via Old French cloistre from Latin claustrum, clostrum ‘lock, enclosed place’, from claudere claus- CLOSE2] |