cloister

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clois·ter /ˈklɔɪstə $ -ər/ noun [countable]  1. [usually plural]TBB a covered passage that surrounds one side of a square garden in a church, monastery etc 〔教堂、修道院等花园一侧的〕回廊2. RRCa building where monks or nuns live 修道院

Examples from the Corpus

cloister• Courtyards and cloisters are pools of shadow and lamp-light.• St. Francis of Assisi originally founded the cloister which now encloses a garden and well.• We left the guest house, going through stone-vaulted passageways into the cloister garth.• At No. 4/183 were the cloisters and church of the Czech Barnabite Order, founded in 1626.• The cloisters are equally fine and on the north side date from 1170 like the portal.• The cloisters are fine and have varied and original carved columns and capitals.• Thrusting spires, softened by time; vaulted cloisters floored with cobbles trod thin by genius.Origin cloister (1200-1300) Old French cloistre, from Latin claustrum “bar keeping a door closed”, from claudere “to close”

clois·ter nounChineseSyllable  

a side a of covered passage Corpus one surrounds that square

cloister
clois‧ter /ˈklɔɪstə $ -ər/ noun [countable]1. [usually plural] a covered passage that surrounds one side of a square garden in a church, monastery etc
2. a building where monks or nuns live

clois·terBrE /ˈklɔɪstə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈklɔɪstər/ 🔊 noun

[countable, usually plural] a covered passage with arches around a square garden, usually forming part of a cathedral, convent or monastery （常为教堂、修院或寺院的）回廊；修院（或圣堂）禁地 [singular] life in a convent or monastery 修院（或寺院）的生活