cocoon

英 [k?'ku?n] 美[k?'k?n]

GRE暢通詞匯

復數(shù):?cocoons;第三人稱單數(shù):?cocoons;過去式:?cocooned;過去分詞:?cocooned;現(xiàn)在分詞:?cocooning;

cocoon 繭，保護膜

詞源同conch, 蛤蜊。-oon, 大詞后綴。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里而忽略這些事實。