ensconce


vt. 安置;安顿下来;使…隐藏

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ensconce 安置

en-, 进入,使。-sconce, 城堡,避难所,可能来自abscond, 隐藏。

英文词源

ensconce
ensconce: see sconce
ensconce (v.)
1580s, "to cover with a fort," from en- (1) "make, put in" + sconce "small fortification, shelter," perhaps via French, probably from Dutch schans "earthwork" (compare Middle High German schanze "bundle of sticks"), which is of uncertain origin. Hence, "to fix firmly, settle" (1590s). Related: Ensconced.

中文解释

1. abs- "away" + condere "put together, store", from con- "together" + dere "put, place" => abscond.2. => hide, conceal, put out of sight.3. => The notion is of "hide oneself," especially to escape debt or the law.4. abscond => pp. stem: abscons- => scons- => sconce "small fortification, shelter".5. en- "make, put in" + sconce "small fortification, shelter".

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1. 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.
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