security blanket
- IPA[səˈkyo͝orədē ˌblaNGkət]
美式
- a familiar blanket or other piece of soft fabric held by a young child as a source of comfort；something that provides reassurance, support, or a sense of security
noun: security blanket, plural noun: security blankets
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a familiar blanket or other piece of soft fabric held by a young child as a source of comfort my daughter's three and a half and she's had a security blanket since she was a year old
- ▪ something that provides reassurance, support, or a sense of security investors no longer see gold as a security blanket.
- 2. British a set of security measures or sanctions, typically imposed in order to maintain complete secrecy about something the size of the Regular Army is under a security blanket
