cocoon

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. 繭

...like a butterfly emerging from a cocoon. …好似蝴蝶破繭而出。

2. N-COUNT If you are in a cocoon of something, you are wrapped up in it or surrounded by it. 包圍層

He stood there in a cocoon of golden light. 他站在那兒，被一圈金色光環籠罩著。

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. 隔護層; 與世隔絕

...her innocent desire to envelop her beloved in a cocoon of love. …她用愛呵護心上人的純真願望。

4. V-T If something cocoons you from something, it protects you or isolates you from it. 把…保護或隔離起來

There is nowhere to hide when things go wrong, no organization to cocoon you from blame. 出了差錯無処可躲，沒有組織會庇護你免於責難。