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cloistered

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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clois·tered /ˈklɔɪstəd $ -ərd/ adjective  1 PROTECTprotected from the difficulties and demands of ordinary life 隐居的,隐匿的 Academics lead a cloistered life. 学者们过着隐居般的生活。2. AAa cloistered building contains cloisters 有回廊的
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cloisteredNevertheless Suger was no cloistered academic.The central portion of the house was two stories high, flanked by two cloistered arcades.These sceptical, cautious and cloistered arrangements constitute the distinctive institutions of science which separate it from other more worldly activities.Experience all those things his cloistered lifestyle with the Tech-Greens had denied him.A cloistered walkway bordered the courtyard on three sides, arches supported by white pillars, on each pillar a lamp.the cloistered world of the university
clois·tered adjectiveChineseSyllable
the from and difficulties demands of protected life Corpus ordinary


cloistered
cloistered /ˈklɔɪstəd $ -ərd/ adjective
1. protected from the difficulties and demands of ordinary life:
    Academics lead a cloistered life.
2. a cloistered building contains cloisters


clois·teredBrE /ˈklɔɪstəd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈklɔɪstərd/ 🔊 adjective (formal) protected from the problems and dangers of normal life 隐居的;躲开尘世纷争的a cloistered life隐居的生活the cloistered world of the university与世隔绝的大学