• n. 回廊；修道院；修道院生活；隱居地
• vt. 使與塵世隔絕；用回廊環繞

詞源同close,關閉。因修道者修道之地需隱蔽而得名。

cloister

cloister: [13] A cloister was originally simply an enclosed place, a ‘close’. The word comes from Old French cloistre, a descendant of Latin claustrum ‘bar, bolt, enclosure’, which was formed from the past participial stem of Latin claudere ‘close’ (source of English close). The notion of ‘enclosure’ led to the word’s being applied to a place of religious seclusion, such as a monastery or convent, and hence to a covered walkway within a monastic building. It also lies behind claustrophobia [19], which was formed from Latin claustrum.
=> claustrophobia, close

cloister (n.)

early 13c., from Old French cloistre "monastery, convent; enclosure" (12c., Modern French clo?tre), from Medieval Latin claustrum "portion of monastery closed off to laity," from Latin claustrum (usually in plural, claustra) "place shut in, enclosure; bar, bolt, means of shutting in," from past participle stem of claudere (see close (v.)).

"The original purpose of cloisters was to afford a place in which the monks could take exercise and recreation" [Century Dictionary]. Spelling in French influenced by cloison "partition." Old English had clustor, clauster in the sense "prison, lock, barrier," directly from Latin, and compare, from the same source, Dutch klooster, German Kloster, Polish klasztor.

cloister (v.)

c. 1400 (implied in cloistered), from cloister (n.). Figurative use from c. 1600. Related: Cloistered; cloistering.

1. They went out into the still, shadowy cloister garden.

他們出了房間,走到那個寂靜 、 陰沉的修道院的園子里去.

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2. The following day, this person encountered tickler, go begging avalokitesvara in cloister.

第二天, 這人碰到了難事, 便去寺廟里求觀音.

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3. The cloister linked the most important elements of an abbey together.

大修道院以回廊把最主要的建筑連接在一起.

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4. You may still long for cloister, but learn this lesson first.

縱然盼望回到過去, 可是要首先學會生.

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5. A photograph of the Pingnan Cloister Garden.

這三張圖是平南天主教的修道院的花園.

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