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Cocoon N Count Living 英[Kəˈku:N 美[Kəˈkun N.茧,蚕茧;Vt.把…紧紧包住 茧;(昆虫的)卵袋 Covering

单词 cocoon
音标
英[kəˈku:n] 美[kəˈkun]
解释
n.茧,蚕茧;vt.把…紧紧包住;
例句

N-COUNT
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.

N-COUNT
茧状包裹物
If you are in a cocoon of something, you are wrapped up in it or surrounded by it.
例:He stood there in a cocoon of golden light.他站在那儿,一柱金光笼罩着他。

N-COUNT
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.
例:...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
例: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。

VERB
把…保护起来;把…隔绝开来
If something cocoons you from something, it protects you or isolates you from it.
例: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。
例: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。
变形
third:cocoons~done:cocooned~pl:cocoons~ing:cocooning~past:cocooned~

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