名詞 cloister:

1. residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
   同義詞：religious residence
2. a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)

動詞 cloister:

1. surround with a cloister, as of a garden
2. seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister

1. A covered place for walking, as in a cloister.
   回廊，步道有頂棚的散步處，如回廊
2. Living in a cloister.
   隱居的住在修道院里的
3. The nuns live in a cloister of calm.
   修女們住在一個幽靜的修道院里。
4. He cloistered himself away with his books.
   他只顧埋頭苦讀。

clois.ter

n.（名詞）
A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle.
回廊，長廊：一側(cè)有開敞柱廊的有頂?shù)淖叩溃刂鎸χ型サ慕ㄖ锏膰鷫ρ由?/br>
A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.
修道院：用于宗教隱居的地方，尤指修道院或女修道院
Life in a monastery or convent.
修道院生活：在修道院或女修道院里的生活
A secluded, quiet place.
隱居地：隱避的安靜處所
v.tr.（及物動詞）
clois.tered,clois.ter.ing,clois.ters
To shut away from the world in or as if in a cloister; seclude.
遠(yuǎn)離塵世，隱居：與世隔絕地處于或好象處于修道院中；隔離
To furnish (a building) with a cloister.
設(shè)回廊于：用回廊裝飾（一幢建筑）

來源：
Middle English cloistre
中古英語 cloistre
from Old French
源自 古法語
alteration influenced by cloison [partition] * see cloisonné
受 cloison的影響 [間隔物] *參見 cloisonné
of clostre
clostre的變化
from Latin claustrum [enclosed place]
源自 拉丁語 claustrum [圍繞區(qū)域]
from claudere [to close]
源自 claudere [關(guān)上]