cocoon
英 [k?'ku?n]
美[k?'k?n]
- n. 繭；卵囊
- vt. 把……緊緊包住
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?cocoons;第三人稱單數(shù):?cocoons;過去式:?cocooned;過去分詞:?cocooned;現(xiàn)在分詞:?cocooning;
中文詞源
cocoon 繭，保護膜
詞源同conch, 蛤蜊。-oon, 大詞后綴。即比喻被硬殼保護的。
英文詞源
- cocoon (n.)
- 1690s, from Middle French coucon (16c., Modern French cocon), from coque "clam shell, egg shell, nut shell" (7c.), from Old French coque "shell," from Latin coccum "berry," from Greek kokkos "berry, seed" (see cocco-). The sense of "one's interior comfort place" is from 1986. Also see -oon.
- cocoon (v.)
- 1986, "to stay inside and be inactive," from coccoon (n.).
A lady with an enchanting name, Faith Popcorn, has identified a menacing new American behavior that she gives the sweet name of 'cocooning.' It threatens the nation's pursuit of happiness, sometimes called the economy. [George Will, April 1987]
Related: Cocooned; cocooning.
雙語例句
- 1. You cannot live in a cocoon and overlook these facts.
- 你不能自己縮在套子里而忽略這些事實。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He stood there in a cocoon of golden light.
- 他站在那兒，一柱金光籠罩著他。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. the cocoon of a caring family
- 家庭中相互關愛所形成的保護
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. Doctors cocoon ed the patient in blankets.
- 醫(yī)生們把病人緊包在毯子里.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. Most worms cocoon in winter.
- 冬天多數(shù)蟲子作繭.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》