- [countable, usually plural]
a covered passage with arches around a square garden, usually forming part of a cathedral, convent or monastery （常为教堂、修院或寺院的）回廊；修院（或圣堂）禁地 
The 12th century church and cloisters remain surprisingly intact. 令人惊讶的是，12世纪的教堂和回廊依然保存完好。
- [singular]
life in a convent or monastery 修院（或寺院）的生活 the calm of the cloister 修道院的幽静。
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘place of religious seclusion’): from Old French cloistre, from Latin claustrum, clostrum ‘lock, enclosed place’, from claudere, ‘to close’.