He cloistered himself away with his books. 他只顾埋头苦读。
Nash did not live a cloistered existence nor was he spared the shocks that flesh is heir to. 纳什并非过着与世隔绝的生活,他同样也不能逃脱人生难免的种种打击。
She cloistered herself in the office. 她呆在办公室里好像与世隔绝一样。
cloistered
[ adj ]
of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
<adj.all>
providing privacy or seclusion
<adj.all> the cloistered academic world of books sat close together in the sequestered pergola sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree a secluded romantic spot
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.
Cloistered \Clois"tered\, a. 1. Dwelling in cloisters; solitary. ``Cloistered friars and vestal nuns.'' --Hudibras.
In cloistered state let selfish sages dwell, Proud that their heart is narrow as their cell. --Shenstone.
2. Furnished with cloisters. --Sir H. Wotton.
At the same time there are strong suggestions of the great Islamic buildings at Cordoba. To one side of this cloistered square is the mosque itself - entered through a pair of giant doors, which the architect opened for me with an appropriately large key.
Lucia dos Santos, now an 84-year-old cloistered nun and the last of the three children still living, entrusted it to the Vatican in a letter some 40 years ago.
The mother superior, Prioress Mother Theresa Hewitt, called the standoff a "scandal" when the nuns took over the infirmary and criticized the unruly members of her order for disrupting the cloistered lifestyle.
Negotiators began a seventh consecutive day of talks late this morning cloistered at Andrews Air Force Base, just outside the capital city in Maryland.