[每日] ensconced (a) 安置好的
Word of the Day (Friday November 14, 2008)
ensconced \en-SKONST\, adjective:
Pronunciation: http://0rz.tw/e6544
1. sheltered comfortably and firmly
2. sheltered safely; hidden
Determined to make the continental crossing in style, Reed
ensconced his wife and four children in an enormous, custom-built,
two-story wagon, complete with sleeping bunks, upholstered seats
and a built-in stove.
-- Bruce Barcott, Meals on Wheels: A novel of the Donner Party,"
review of Snow Mountain Passage, by James D. Houston, New York
Times, April 7, 1997
Hamish is our puppet millionaire: an aged plant-tub tycoon,
ensconced in a country house of sprawling vulgarity, he remains
the befuddled pawn of his wife Gemma.
-- Martin Amis, Prose Is the Leading Lady," review of Words of
Advice, by Fay Weldon, New York Times, October 1, 1973
Only when he was firmly ensconced in the prime minister's office,
with the reins of power in his hands, did Atsuko Abe began to
discuss his true agenda with his closest allies.
-- Stephen Coonts, Fortunes of War
by 1590, "to cover with a fort," from en- "make, put in" + sconce
"small fortification, shelter," probably from Dutch schans
"earthwork"
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