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cloister

🇬🇧 UK/'klɒistә/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

n.

A covered walkway in a monastery or convent; a place of religious seclusion.

修道院回廊;修道院,隐居之所

v.

To confine or seclude in a monastery or other sheltered place, away from the outside world.

使与世隔绝,关入修道院

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
cloistclose, shut, exclude
+
erone who does, agent
=cloister

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The monks lived in a peaceful cloister away from the busy city.

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