He cloistered himself away with his books. 他只顾埋头苦读。
The nuns live in a cloister of calm. 修女们住在一个幽静的修道院里。
Living in a cloister. 隐居的住在修道院里的
cloister
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residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
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a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
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surround with a cloister, as of a garden
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surround with a cloister
<verb.contact> cloister the garden
seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister
<verb.change> She cloistered herself in the office
Cloister \Clois"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cloistered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cloistering}.] To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the world; to immure.
None among them are thought worthy to be styled religious persons but those that cloister themselves up in a monastery. --Sharp.
Cloister \Clois"ter\, n. [OF. cloistre, F. clo[^i]tre, L. claustrum, pl. claustra, bar, bolt, bounds, fr. claudere, clausum, to close. See {Close}, v. t., and cf. {Claustral}.] 1. An inclosed place. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. A covered passage or ambulatory on one side of a court; (pl.) the series of such passages on the different sides of any court, esp. that of a monastery or a college.
But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloister's pale. --Milton.
3. A monastic establishment; a place for retirement from the world for religious duties.
Fitter for a cloister than a crown. --Daniel.
{Cloister garth} (Arch.), the garden or open part of a court inclosed by the cloisters.
Usage: Cloister and convent are generic terms, and denote a place of seclusion from the world for persons who devote their lives to religious purposes. They differ is that the distinctive idea of cloister is that of seclusion from the world, that of convent, community of living. Both terms denote houses for recluses of either sex. A cloister or convent for monks is called a monastery; for nuns, a nunnery. An abbey is a convent or monastic institution governed by an abbot or an abbess; a priory is one governed by a prior or a prioress, and is usually affiliated to an abbey.
For more than a century the elderly inhabitants have been grateful for the cloister walk that allows them to visit one another sheltered from rain and wind.
There is only one way for Madonna to go; like many a medieval libertine she will no doubt end up in some religious cloister, finally living up up to her name.
The north side of the original cloister was the refectory of the convent and is now the college hall.
Whether cloister, monastery garden, town square or palace study is the setting, the removal of all Mediterranean warmth is intentional.