| 单词 | cocoon |
| 释义 | cocoon (kəkuːn ) Word forms: cocoons , cocooning , cocooned 1. countable noun A cocoon is a covering of silky threads that the larvae of moths and other insects make for themselves before they grow into adults. 2. countable noun If you are in a cocoon of something, you are wrapped up in it or surrounded by it. He stood there in a cocoon of golden light. [+ of] 3. countable noun 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. ...her innocent desire to envelop her beloved in a cocoon of love. Even though we're living together we walk around in this cocoon of silence. You cannot live in a cocoon and overlook these facts. 4. verb If something cocoons you from something, it protects you or isolates you from it. There is nowhere to hide when things go wrong, no organisation to cocoon you from blame. [VERB noun + from] The playwright cocooned himself in a world of pretence. [V pron-refl + in] 5. verb If you cocoon, you stay at home as much as possible and limit contacts with others in order to protect yourself from a disease. If you are not sure whether you should be cocooning, you should phone your GP. [VERB] Below is a list of those who should cocoon. [VERB] Collocations: protective cocoon Inside our protective cocoon, we are moving fast. Times, Sunday Times These mats form when the mussels congregate and create a protective cocoon formed of short, fine, hair-like threads. Times, Sunday Times He also had the power to generate a protective cocoon, while regenerating and healing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It burrows underground and curls up inside a protective cocoon formed by its shed skin. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Prior to going to sleep, some species extrude mucus from their mouths, forming a protective cocoon that envelops the fish, presumably hiding its scent from potential predators. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Then they go down to the ground, spin a cocoon and emerge from it to become fully developed moths in the spring. Times, Sunday Times I spin a cocoon around myself; let others do the same. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When full-grown, the larvae lower themselves to the ground by a thread and spin a cocoon among the debris where pupation takes place. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When the larvae mature, they spin a cocoon and pupate within the host gallery. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 One then spun a cocoon (a paper bag) and came out a butterfly. Christianity Today Translations: Chinese: 茧, 保护 Japanese: 繭, 保護する |
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