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单词 cocoon
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cocoon

noun
/kəˈkuːn/
/kəˈkuːn/
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  1. a cover or case of silk threads that some insects make to protect themselves before they become adultsTopics Insects, worms, etc.c2
  2. a layer of something soft that wraps all around a person or thing and forms a protection
    • (figurative) the cocoon of a caring family
  3. Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French cocon, from medieval Provençal coucoun ‘eggshell, cocoon’, diminutive of coca ‘shell’. The verb dates from the mid 19th cent.

cocoon

verb
/kəˈkuːn/
/kəˈkuːn/
[usually passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they cocoon
/kəˈkuːn/
/kəˈkuːn/
he / she / it cocoons
/kəˈkuːnz/
/kəˈkuːnz/
past simple cocooned
/kəˈkuːnd/
/kəˈkuːnd/
past participle cocooned
/kəˈkuːnd/
/kəˈkuːnd/
-ing form cocooning
/kəˈkuːnɪŋ/
/kəˈkuːnɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive] to protect somebody/something by surrounding them or it completely with something
    • (be) cocooned (in something) We were warm and safe, cocooned in our sleeping bags.
    • (be) cocooned from something I had a sheltered childhood, cocooned from the world by money and love.
  2. [intransitive] (North American English) to spend more of your free time at home and less time going out and doing things with other people
    • After spending too much over the holidays, many will simply cocoon at home.
  3. Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French cocon, from medieval Provençal coucoun ‘eggshell, cocoon’, diminutive of coca ‘shell’. The verb dates from the mid 19th cent.
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