英语单词

ensconce是什么意思

ensconce

英[ɪn'skɒns; en-] |美[]
    vt.使安坐 ;安置;使安顿
日语:安置 法语:s'installer 德语:einbetten 韩语:감추다 俄语:instalarse en

牛津词典

verb

  1. 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


    网络解释

    vt. 安置;安顿下来;使…隐藏



    同、反义词

    同义词:
    v.
    entrench,hide,hide away,conceal,screen
    反义词:
    v.
    expose


    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

    1. 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。
    2. 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


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