cocoon /kəˈkuːn/ ( cocooning, cocooned, cocoons )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A cocoon is a covering of silky threads that the larvae of moths and other insects make for themselves before they grow into adults. 茧

  例：

  ...like a butterfly emerging from a cocoon.

  …好似蝴蝶破茧而出。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT If you are in a cocoon of something, you are wrapped up in it or surrounded by it. 包围层

  例：

  He stood there in a cocoon of golden light.

  他站在那儿，被一圈金色光环笼罩着。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT 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. 隔护层; 与世隔绝

  例：

  ...her innocent desire to envelop her beloved in a cocoon of love.

  …她用爱呵护心上人的纯真愿望。

• 4. 

  V-T If something cocoons you from something, it protects you or isolates you from it. 把…保护或隔离起来

  例：

  There is nowhere to hide when things go wrong, no organization to cocoon you from blame.

  出了差错无处可躲，没有组织会庇护你免于责难。