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cloister

noun
🔊/ˈklɔɪstə(r)/
🔊/ˈklɔɪstər/
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  1. [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
    • The 12th century church and cloisters remain surprisingly intact.令人惊讶的是，12世纪的教堂和回廊依然保存完好。
    Topics Religion and festivalsc2, Buildingsc2
  2. [singular] life in a convent or monastery修院（或寺院）的生活
    • the calm of the cloister修道院的幽静。
    3. Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘place of religious seclusion’): from Old French cloistre, from Latin claustrum, clostrum ‘lock, enclosed place’, from claudere, ‘to close’.