英:[ɪnˈskɒns]
美:[ɪnˈskɑns]
英:[ɪnˈskɒns]
美:[ɪnˈskɑns]
en·sconce
ihn skans
第三人称单数:ensconces
现在分词:ensconcing
过去式:ensconced
过去分词:ensconced
transitive verb
to position (oneself) firmly or comfortably.She was ensconced on the sofa and had no intention of moving.
to hide or cover, as for protection.
1580年代,“用堡垒覆盖”,源自 en-(1)“制造,放置”和 sconce “小堡垒,庇护所”,可能通过法语,很可能来自荷兰语 schans “土堡”(比较中古德语 schanze “木棍捆扎成的堡垒”),其起源不确定。因此,“牢固地固定,安置”(1590年代)。相关: Ensconced。
en- >entry 1 + sconce >entry 2
The first known use of ensconce was in 1594
enslaveverb
to force into slavery
ensignnoun
a flag flown as the symbol of nationality (as on a ship)
a badge of office, rank, or power
a naval commissioned officer of the lowest rank
enshroudverb
to cover or enclose with or as if with a shroud
enshrineverb
to enclose in or as if in a shrine
to preserve or cherish as sacred
enshrineverb
to enclose in or as if in a shrine
to preserve or cherish as sacred
enshrineverb
to enclose in or as if in a shrine
to preserve or cherish as sacred
ensemblenoun
a group of people or things making up a complete unit: as
musicians that perform music in several partsalso: the music itself
a set of clothes that look nice together
ensconceverb
to place or hide securely : conceal
ensconced myself behind a tree
to establish comfortably : settle snugly
ensconced in a new house
ensconceverb
to place or hide securely : conceal
ensconced myself behind a tree
to establish comfortably : settle snugly
ensconced in a new house
1 After all, "The White Album" was currently ensconced at the top of the international music charts.
2 I felt safe, ensconced, and protected, even though I knew in my head that was idiotic.
3 Comfortably ensconced inside the hall you would never have guessed that anything was awry.
4 By the time she reached the Purple Harbor, the old man was ensconced inside the soup shop at his usual table, counting a purse of coins as he haggled with a ship’s captain.
5 As much of the international press was ensconced in a dark theatre to watch the debut film of the festival, Baron Cohen grabbed the attention with a sideshow just a few blocks away.
6 Every Rembrandt or van Gogh can be appraised, and works that once seemed safely ensconced in museum galleries are being viewed as cash machines in gold-leaf frames.
7 In that bus, refitted for comfort, 7-year-old Plymale first encounters “a vision of sanctuary, of a haven, ensconced within the metal shell of a battered old vehicle.”
8 In reality, we’re ensconced in a small venue near the bar, dressed with white chairs, curtains the color of honey and a chandelier composed of dozens of clear glass globes.
9 One of the creepiest images in the new “Twin Peaks” is a glass box, ensconced in a window in New York City, which is kept under constant observation in case something comes through it.
10 The ensconced veteran reluctant to give up the spotlight.
11 It makes use of peculiar UV coating way to ensconce the color inside the lens.
它是利用UV特殊涂料方式将镜片的颜色藏在镜片里面的方式生产的.
12 And if you want a personal advocate in case your flight is canceled and you end up stranded at the airport instead of ensconced in that perfect Tuscan villa, better call a travel agent.
13 A decade later, he was firmly ensconced in L.A. and had begun to establish the every-few-years exhibition schedule that allows him to focus on painting above all.
14 In March and April 1980, Lennon ensconced himself in the family's Cannon Hill estate on the edge of Long Island's Cold Spring Harbor.
15 As someone recently ensconced in New York after three years in Paris, I am homesick this spring in a reverse sort of way.
16 Her phone was ringing in the next room — she was late for the tennis courts — but she was ensconced in her home-cooking zone.
17 The dry comedy centers on an acerbic novelist ensconced in a vacation home who is forced to reckon with his self-image amid an encroaching forest fire.
18 All came from the collection of the late Mr. Sackler and had earlier been ensconced in English, American or Japanese collections.
19 By that time, Mr. Glazunov was firmly ensconced as a kind of court painter.
20 At Nyehaus, where the show is ensconced in the gallery’s somewhat decrepit town house, funkiness reigns, as does a certain documentary aesthetic.
2 平放
6 隐藏
secret hidden cryptic subterranean undiscovered hideaway hid perdue perdu cryptical secretion hideout hide stash occult smother enwomb take shadow shade shut sink curtain sneak obscure conceal disguise recess snug shroud secrete stow underground covert veiled undercurrent unrevealed reservation hoard concealment hiding hoarding dern absquatulate kennel pocket blind submerge huddle dissemble submerse hugger-mugger keep dark hit the mattress
7 安置
setting installation placement fixation repose place set put plant install establish lay hang settle nestle enshrine emplace position lodgment fix rest locate bed posit instate accommodation disposition emplacement site station aftercare outplacement house fit mount configure slot in reposition settling stick seat deposit bestow instal