
cloisters
词源
源自拉丁语 claustrum(封闭处),通过古法语 cloistre 进入英语,最初指修道院的封闭区域。
noun
❶ 指修道院或教堂周围的有顶回廊,通常由柱子支撑,形成安静散步或冥想的空间。常见于中世纪欧洲建筑中。
“The monks walked silently through the ancient cloisters.”
(僧侣们静静地穿过古老的修道院回廊。)
“She found peace while sitting in the shaded cloisters.”
(她坐在阴凉的回廊中找到了平静。)
❶ 比喻与世隔绝的安静环境,常用于形容封闭或隐居的生活状态。
“After retirement, he lived in the cloisters of his country house.”
(退休后,他过着乡间别墅里与世隔绝的生活。)
“The library became her intellectual cloisters.”
(图书馆成了她精神上的隐居所。)
verb
❶ 将某人安置在封闭或隐居的环境中,通常带有隔离或保护的意味。
“The nuns cloistered themselves from worldly temptations.”
(修女们将自己与世俗诱惑隔绝开来。)
“He cloistered his sick mother in the quiet countryside.”
(他把生病的母亲安置在宁静的乡间休养。)
常见短语
cloistered life — 指隐居或修道院式的生活,强调与外界隔绝、专注于精神或学术的状态。
“The scholar chose a cloistered life of research and meditation.”
(这位学者选择了研究与冥想的隐居生活。)
within the cloisters — 字面指在回廊范围内,比喻在受保护的封闭环境中。
“Ancient knowledge was preserved within the cloisters of monasteries.”
(古代知识在修道院的围墙内得以保存。)