claustration

n. 幽闭,幽禁

词形变化

claustrations 复数 claustrations

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Shutting up or enclosing, usually in a religious cloister.

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    He could scare find it in his heart to accuse Roderick of neglect of that function, united to him though the girl might be by a double bond; for it was natural that the inspirations of a man of genius should be both capricious and imperious, and on what plan had he ever started moreover but on that of diligence and claustration?

  2. 2.

    A method used by emperors to keep their harems and to guarantee their virginity.

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词源

From Latin clōstra (“lock, enclosure”).

来源：wiktionary