cocoon

• n. 繭；卵囊
• vt. 把……緊緊包住

詞源同conch, 蛤蜊。-oon, 大詞後綴。即比喻被硬殼保護的。

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.

1. You cannot live in a cocoon and overlook these facts.

你不能自己縮在套子裏而忽略這些事實。

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.

醫生們把病人緊包在毯子裏.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

5. Most worms cocoon in winter.

冬天多數蟲子作繭.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》