Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #15950
cloister
使与世隔绝；幽禁；隐居
核心释义
to shut away from the world; to seclude or isolate, especially in a cloister
- 1.
成为罗马天主教修士或修女。
To become a Roman Catholic religious.
- 2.
自愿或非自愿地关在修道院中。
To confine in a cloister, voluntarily or not.
- 3.
刻意远离世俗事物。
To deliberately withdraw from worldly things.
- 4.
用回廊环绕,如花园
surround with a cloister, as of a garden
- 5.
为...修建回廊或修道院。
To provide with a cloister or cloisters.
- 6.
保护或隔离。
To protect or isolate.
用回廊环绕；给…建回廊；成为修士（或修女）；成为罗马天主教修士或修女。；自愿或非自愿地关在修道院中。；刻意远离世俗事物。
用法In use
The young prince was cloistered in the abbey for his safety.
用法提示：过去式被动语态，表示被迫隐居在寺院中。
Many nuns choose to cloister themselves in convents.
用法提示：动词原形与反身代词连用，表示主动选择隐居。
The author spent years cloistering herself in a mountain monastery.
用法提示：现在分词形式与反身代词连用，表示持续一段时间的隐居状态。
cloister oneself in sth
表示主动隐居。
She cloistered herself in a remote monastery.
她把自己幽禁在一座偏僻的修道院里。
be cloistered in sth
被动形式，表示被隔离。
The nuns are cloistered in the convent.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- cloister oneself
- 使自己与世隔绝；隐居
- He quit his job and cloistered himself in a small cottage by the sea.他辞掉工作，隐居在海边的一间小屋里。
- be cloistered in
- 被关在…中；被幽禁于
- The monks are cloistered in the abbey, away from the city.修道士们被隔离在修道院里，远离城市。
- be cloistered from
- 与…隔绝；被隔离于
- The scientists were cloistered from the outside world for months during the experiment.在实验进行的几个月里，科学家们与外界隔绝。
- cloister a garden
- 用回廊环绕花园
- The Renaissance architect cloistered the garden with elegant arches.这位文艺复兴时期的建筑师用优雅的拱廊环绕花园。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
听到 cloister，联想 close（关闭）+ 修道院：人被关进回廊环绕的修道院，与世隔绝或隐居。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literary prose 动词 cloister 表示“使与世隔绝、幽禁”，通常用于正式或文学语体，比较常见于被动结构（如 be cloistered），日常口语中很少这样用。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
与 cloister 真正押韵的词有 oyster、moister、hoister，它们的重读元音都是 /ɔɪ/，后面跟着 /stər/。注意不要被拼写误导：moist /mɔɪst/、joist /dʒɔɪst/、noise /nɔɪz/、noisier /ˈnɔɪziər/ 虽然拼写相近，但发音不同，不与 cloister 押韵。
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