cloister
/ˈklɔɪstə(r); `klɔɪstɚ/ n
1 [C, often pl 常作复数]
covered passage around an open court or quadrangle, with a wall on the outer side and columns or arches on the inner side, esp within a convent or college, or attached to a cathedral 回廊.
2
(a) [C] convent or monastery 修道院.
(b) [sing] life in a convent or monastery 修道院的生活
the calm of the cloister 修道院的幽静. cloister, v [Tn, Tn.p]
~ oneself/sb (away) shut oneself/sb away (as if) in a cloister 使自己[某人]与世隔绝（像在修道院内）
He cloistered himself away with his books. 他只顾埋头读书. cloistered adj secluded; sheltered 隐居的; 隐匿的
a cloistered life 隐居的生活.