Cocoon



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 茧
• ［英］ n. 茧 ( silky covering made by an insect larva)
• ［例］ wrapped in a cocoon of blankets

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: French cocon, from Occitan coucoun, from coco shell, probably ultimately from Latin coccum kermes (thought to be a gall or berry), from Greek kokkos berry, kermes
• Date: 1679
• 1.
  • a. an envelope often largely of silk which an insect larva forms about itself and in which it passes the pupa stage
  • b. any of various other protective coverings produced by animals
• 2.
  • a. something suggesting a cocoon especially in providing protection or in producing isolation <wrapped in a cocoon of blanketsn interest in the world beyond the everyday cocoon most of us construct — Peter Mayle
  • b. a protective covering placed or sprayed over military or naval equipment in storage

II. transitive verb

• Date: 1881
• to wrap or envelop in or as if in a cocoon

---