cocoon

• n. 茧；卵囊
• vt. 把……紧紧包住

词源同conch, 蛤蜊。-oon, 大词后缀。即比喻被硬壳保护的。

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.

来自柯林斯例句

2. He stood there in a cocoon of golden light.

他站在那儿，一柱金光笼罩着他。

来自柯林斯例句

3. the cocoon of a caring family

家庭中相互关爱所形成的保护

来自《权威词典》

4. Doctors cocoon ed the patient in blankets.

医生们把病人紧包在毯子里.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5. Most worms cocoon in winter.

冬天多数虫子作茧.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》