Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #15950
cloistered
使与世隔绝；幽禁；隐居
cloistered is the past of cloister.
to shut away from the world; to seclude or isolate, especially in a cloister
- 1.
To become a Roman Catholic religious.
成为罗马天主教修士或修女。
- 2.
To confine in a cloister, voluntarily or not.
自愿或非自愿地关在修道院中。
- 3.
To deliberately withdraw from worldly things.
刻意远离世俗事物。
- 4.
surround with a cloister, as of a garden
用回廊环绕,如花园
- 5.
To provide with a cloister or cloisters.
为...修建回廊或修道院。
- 6.
To protect or isolate.
保护或隔离。
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。
In use
The young prince was cloistered in the abbey for his safety.
Many nuns choose to cloister themselves in convents.
The author spent years cloistering herself in a mountain monastery.
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.
修女们被关在修道院里。
cloister sb in sth
表示把某人隔离起来。
They cloistered the young prince in the castle.
Connections
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。
Pop culture & quotes
- I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary.
Learner notes
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。
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。
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。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.