单词 | cocoon |
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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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