cocoon
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT A cocoon is a covering of silky threads that the larvae of moths and other insects make for themselves before they grow into adults. 繭
...like a butterfly emerging from a cocoon. …好似蝴蝶破繭而出。
2. N-COUNT If you are in a cocoon of something, you are wrapped up in it or surrounded by it. 包圍層
He stood there in a cocoon of golden light. 他站在那兒,被一圈金色光環(huán)籠罩著。
3. N-COUNT 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. 隔護(hù)層; 與世隔絕
...her innocent desire to envelop her beloved in a cocoon of love. …她用愛呵護(hù)心上人的純真愿望。
4. V-T If something cocoons you from something, it protects you or isolates you from it. 把…保護(hù)或隔離起來
There is nowhere to hide when things go wrong, no organization to cocoon you from blame. 出了差錯(cuò)無處可躲,沒有組織會(huì)庇護(hù)你免于責(zé)難。
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cocoon /k??ku?n/ (cocooning,cocooned,cocoons)
劍橋詞典
cocoon noun (COVER)
[ 可數(shù)名詞:有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ]the covering made of soft , smooth threads that surrounds and protects particular insects during the pupa stage as they develop into adult form
繭;卵袋
cocoon noun (PROTECTED PLACE)
[ 可數(shù)名詞:有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 通常作為單數(shù)使用的名詞 ]a safe , quiet place
安全寧靜的地方;避風(fēng)港
the warm , safe cocoon of childhood 童年生活的溫馨安逸、備受呵護(hù) 返回 cocoon