cloister

• 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

词源同close,关闭。因修道者修道之地需隐蔽而得名。

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

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

cloister

cloister: [13] A cloister was originally simply an enclosed place, a ‘close’. The word comes from Old French cloistre, a descendant of Latin claustrum ‘bar, bolt, enclosure’, which was formed from the past participial stem of Latin claudere ‘close’ (source of English close). The notion of ‘enclosure’ led to the word’s being applied to a place of religious seclusion, such as a monastery or convent, and hence to a covered walkway within a monastic building. It also lies behind claustrophobia [19], which was formed from Latin claustrum.
=> claustrophobia, close

cloister (n.)

early 13c., 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 (see close (v.)).

"The original purpose of cloisters was to afford a place in which the monks could take exercise and recreation" [Century Dictionary]. Spelling in French influenced by cloison "partition." Old English had clustor, clauster in the sense "prison, lock, barrier," directly from Latin, and compare, from the same source, Dutch klooster, German Kloster, Polish klasztor.

cloister (v.)

c. 1400 (implied in cloistered), from cloister (n.). Figurative use from c. 1600. Related: Cloistered; cloistering.

The thirteenth-century cloisters are amongst the most beautiful in central Italy.

这些13世纪的回廊是意大利中部最美的建筑。

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The ancient cloister was a structure of red brick picked out with white stone.

古老的修道院是一座白石衬托着的红砖建筑物.

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They went out into the still, shadowy cloister garden.

他们出了房间,走到那个寂静 、 阴沉的修道院的园子里去.

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To shut away from the world in or as if in a cloister; seclude .

与 尘世 隔离好像在修道院里一样.

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The following day, this person encountered tickler, go begging avalokitesvara in cloister.

第二天, 这人碰到了难事, 便去寺庙里求观音.

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A cloister that opens strategically , looking for the right amount of sun, light and views.

一个精心设计的回廊,可以获取适当的阳光 、 光线和风景.

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A photograph of the Pingnan Cloister Garden.

这三张图是平南天主教的修道院的花园.

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He coiled around the moist cloister pillars.

他环抱着回廊那潮湿的柱子.

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The cloister linked the most important elements of an abbey together.

大修道院以回廊把最主要的建筑连接在一起.

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To furnish ( a building ) with a cloister.

设回廊于用回廊装饰 ( 一幢建筑 )

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You may still long for cloister, but learn this lesson first.

纵然盼望回到过去, 可是要首先学会生.

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When I stepped out of the cloister I had no idea where my path would lead.

当我跨出修道院,我不知人生将走向何处.

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