cocoon是什么意思

双语例句

(1)Numerous moths hide in their cocoons during the winter.

大多数飞蛾在冬天都会藏在茧里面。

(2)I cocooned myself with a coat.

我用外套紧紧包住自己。

(3)She decided to hand over the work to her successor and cocoon.

她决定把工作交接给接班人后全身而退。

(4)The cocoon-to-butterfly theory only works on cocoons and butterflies.

茧变蝴蝶理论只适用于茧和蝴蝶。

(5)The paddling pool offers children the feeling of being wrapped in a cocoon.

戏水池给孩子们一种被包在茧里的感觉。

(6)These spiders spin large webs in which females suspend a cocoon with hundreds of eggs.

这些蜘蛛结成很大的网，雌性蜘蛛在上面用成百上千的卵悬挂茧。

(7)What goes on in a cocoon as a caterpillar changes into a butterfly remains one of nature's best kept secrets.

当毛毛虫变成蝴蝶的时候，茧里发生了什么仍然是自然界最大的秘密之一。

(8)He tucked the coal into the center of the clockwork, and placed it all on the skin, and wrapped it up and tight it into a cocoon shape.

他把煤块塞进钟形装置的中心，并全部放在表壳上，然后紧紧地裹成一个茧状。

同义词

n. 茧；卵囊

同根词

词根 cocoon

(1)cocooning n. 茧式生活（闲暇时闭门不出的生活方式）；茧式涂封v. 作茧；过茧式生活；将…密封起来（cocoon的ing形式）

释义

n.

a silky case spun by the larvae of many insects for protection as pupae

茧；卵袋，卵囊。

a similar structure made by other animals

（其他动物造的）茧状物。

a covering that prevents the corrosion of metal equipment

（防止金属设备腐蚀的）防护膜。

something that envelops or surrounds, especially in a protective or comforting way

（尤指保护性或安慰性的）遮盖（或包裹）物

a cocoon of bedclothes

一团床上用品

figurative〈喻〉 a warm cocoon of love.

爱的温暖怀抱。

v.

envelop or surround in a protective or comforting way

（舒服或保护性地）盖住（或裹住）

we began to feel cold even though we were cocooned in our sleeping bags.

尽管裹在睡袋里，我们还是开始感到寒冷。

spray with a protective coating

给…喷上保护层。

[no obj.]N. Amer. retreat from the stressful conditions of public life into the cosy private world of the family

〈北美〉 隐退（指避开公众生活的压力享受天伦之乐）

the movers and shakers of the eighties are now cocooning.

那些８０年代有权有势的人现在正渐渐隐退。

词源

"late 17th cent.: from French cocon, from medieval Provençal coucoun ‘eggshell, cocoon', diminutive of coca ‘shell'. The verb dates from the mid 19th cent."

(1)And someday he'll spin a cocoon and emerge two months later with moth wings and an exoskeleton.

有一天他会结一个茧，两个月后带着翅膀和外骨骼破茧而出。《The Big Bang Theory Season 2》《生活大爆炸 第二季》