ensconce
GRE,1
英[ɪn'skɒns; en-]
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日语:安置
法语:s'installer
德语:einbetten
韩语:감추다
俄语:instalarse en
牛津词典
verb
- 安置;使安顿;使安坐
if you are ensconced or ensconce yourself somewhere, you are made or make yourself comfortable and safe in that place or position
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同、反义词
同义词:
v.
entrench,hide,hide away,conceal,screen
词形变化
过去分词:ensconced 过去式:ensconced 现在分词:ensconcing 第三人称单数:ensconces
双语例句
- I knew she'd ensconce herself in the corner by the fire.
我知道她会安坐在火炉旁的角落里。
- We have ensconce ourselves in the most beautiful villa in the south of france.
我们在法国南部最美丽的别墅里安顿下来。
语源
late 16th cent. (in the senses fortify and shelter within or behind a fortification; formerly also as insconce): from en-, in- in + sconce