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cocoon n.茧；茧状物v.包围；包裹 (1) 蚕做茧。(2) 蚕茧是由昆虫制造的一种由丝组成的外包层。(3) 孩子们撕开蚕茧看看里面有没有蛹。(4) 好多家庭大部分晚上都围在电视机前看电视。 For some people, their house is a cocoon, a cozy retreat from which they can escape the world. They cocoon themselves away for a whole weekend, reading, drinking tea, not answering email or the phone. Another word for cocoon is "chrysalis," but only in the context of insects.

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英 [kə'kuːn] 美 [kə'kuːn] (1) Silkworms make cocoons.(2) A cocoon is a kind of silk covering made by an insect.(3) The children tore the cocoon open to see if there was a pupa.(4) Families cocoon around the TV set most evenings. Cocoon means a silky web spun around the larvae of many insects; it can also mean a form a self-protection for humans. Famously, caterpillars emerge from their cocoons as butterflies. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]茧；(昆虫的)卵袋 A cocoon is a covering of silky threads that the larvae of moths and other insects make for themselves before they grow into adults. 2[N-COUNT 可数名词]茧状包裹物 If you are in a cocoon of something, you are wrapped up in it or surrounded by it.   [usu N of n]He stood there in a cocoon of golden light.他站在那儿，一柱金光笼罩着他。3[N-COUNT 可数名词]给人安全感的环境；保护层 If you are living in a cocoon, you are in an environment in which you feel protected and safe, and sometimes isolated from everyday life.   [usu N of n]...her innocent desire to envelop her beloved in a cocoon of love...她想要把心上人包裹在爱中的天真想法Even though we're living together we walk around in this cocoon of silence...尽管我们生活在一起，但却形同路人。You cannot live in a cocoon and overlook these facts.你不能自己缩在套子里而忽略这些事实。4[VERB 动词]把…保护起来；把…隔绝开来 If something cocoons you from something, it protects you or isolates you from it.   [V n from/in n]  [V pron-refl in n]There is nowhere to hide when things go wrong, no organisation to cocoon you from blame...如果出了问题，根本无处可躲，没有哪个机构会庇护你，让你免受指责。The playwright cocooned himself in a world of pretence.这个剧作家与世隔绝，生活在一个虚幻的世界里。

英语单词	cocoon
英美音标	英 [kə'kuːn] 美 [kə'kuːn]
中文释义	n.茧；茧状物 v.包围；包裹
英语例句	(1) Silkworms make cocoons. (2) A cocoon is a kind of silk covering made by an insect. (3) The children tore the cocoon open to see if there was a pupa. (4) Families cocoon around the TV set most evenings.
中文例句	(1) 蚕做茧。 (2) 蚕茧是由昆虫制造的一种由丝组成的外包层。 (3) 孩子们撕开蚕茧看看里面有没有蛹。 (4) 好多家庭大部分晚上都围在电视机前看电视。
vocabulary简明	Cocoon means a silky web spun around the larvae of many insects; it can also mean a form a self-protection for humans. Famously, caterpillars emerge from their cocoons as butterflies.
vocabulary扩展	For some people, their house is a cocoon, a cozy retreat from which they can escape the world. They cocoon themselves away for a whole weekend, reading, drinking tea, not answering email or the phone. Another word for cocoon is "chrysalis," but only in the context of insects.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]茧；(昆虫的)卵袋 A cocoon is a covering of silky threads that the larvae of moths and other insects make for themselves before they grow into adults. 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]茧状包裹物 If you are in a cocoon of something, you are wrapped up in it or surrounded by it. [usu N of n] He stood there in a cocoon of golden light. 他站在那儿，一柱金光笼罩着他。 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]给人安全感的环境；保护层 If you are living in a cocoon, you are in an environment in which you feel protected and safe, and sometimes isolated from everyday life. [usu N of n] ...her innocent desire to envelop her beloved in a cocoon of love... 她想要把心上人包裹在爱中的天真想法 Even though we're living together we walk around in this cocoon of silence... 尽管我们生活在一起，但却形同路人。 You cannot live in a cocoon and overlook these facts. 你不能自己缩在套子里而忽略这些事实。 4 [VERB 动词]把…保护起来；把…隔绝开来 If something cocoons you from something, it protects you or isolates you from it. [V n from/in n] [V pron-refl in n] There is nowhere to hide when things go wrong, no organisation to cocoon you from blame... 如果出了问题，根本无处可躲，没有哪个机构会庇护你，让你免受指责。 The playwright cocooned himself in a world of pretence. 这个剧作家与世隔绝，生活在一个虚幻的世界里。

Cocoon N N Count 可数名词 Make Covering Silky Larvae