ensconced

/en-skonst/US // ɛnˈskɒnst //

安居于此,安居乐业,安居,盘踞

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : settled securely or snugly: The old house still has its original, elaborately ensconced fuse box, with an oak frame, decorative wrought-iron bosses, and a clear glass panel.The only people hurt by education reform are teachers who aren't up to snuff and ensconced administrators who can’t justify their existence.
- : sheltered or hidden: Sieges of fortified positions have been used since time immemorial to starve, demoralize, and physically weaken the ensconced combatants.

verbhide; tuck away

Synonyms

Before long the pair are ensconced in his hotel room, doing the horizontal hula.
There may be comfort and reassurance in being ensconced with like-minded relatives, or simply in keeping to cherished traditions.
The Dodgers were ensconced in a hotel about 20 minutes from Globe Life Field.
There’s no obvious reason for Barrett or any other Supreme Court justice to care about public opinion once they’re safely ensconced on the court.
You ensconce yourself in the familiar darkness of the theater, though not in your usual seat, which has been booked by someone else.
Contempt for the middle class is often barely concealed among those most comfortably ensconced in the emerging class order.
But Big Brother contestants, already ensconced in the house for two months, were almost entirely in the dark.
Legendary country radio DJ and songwriter Gerry House has been ensconced in the Nashville scene since 1975.
Tell that to the nearby pandas, happily ensconced with their bamboo, magnificently ignoring everything.
The Collector is forever ensconced in the pantheon of psychopathic core texts.
Lamb went back into the main lobby and ensconced himself behind a morning paper.
Thanks to the solitude where this house was in, the period necessary for the healing of the child ran peacefully by.

/en-skonst/US // ɛnˈskɒnst //

安居于此,安居乐业,安居,盘踞

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : settled securely or snugly: The old house still has its original, elaborately ensconced fuse box, with an oak frame, decorative wrought-iron bosses, and a clear glass panel.The only people hurt by education reform are teachers who aren't up to snuff and ensconced administrators who can’t justify their existence.
- : sheltered or hidden: Sieges of fortified positions have been used since time immemorial to starve, demoralize, and physically weaken the ensconced combatants.

verbhide; tuck away

Synonyms

Before long the pair are ensconced in his hotel room, doing the horizontal hula.
There may be comfort and reassurance in being ensconced with like-minded relatives, or simply in keeping to cherished traditions.
The Dodgers were ensconced in a hotel about 20 minutes from Globe Life Field.
There’s no obvious reason for Barrett or any other Supreme Court justice to care about public opinion once they’re safely ensconced on the court.
You ensconce yourself in the familiar darkness of the theater, though not in your usual seat, which has been booked by someone else.
Contempt for the middle class is often barely concealed among those most comfortably ensconced in the emerging class order.
But Big Brother contestants, already ensconced in the house for two months, were almost entirely in the dark.
Legendary country radio DJ and songwriter Gerry House has been ensconced in the Nashville scene since 1975.
Tell that to the nearby pandas, happily ensconced with their bamboo, magnificently ignoring everything.
The Collector is forever ensconced in the pantheon of psychopathic core texts.
Lamb went back into the main lobby and ensconced himself behind a morning paper.
Thanks to the solitude where this house was in, the period necessary for the healing of the child ran peacefully by.