cradle

英['kreɪdl] 美['kreɪdl]
  • n. 摇篮；发祥地；支架
  • v. 怀抱
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详细释义

    n. (名词)
    1. [C]摇篮 a small bed for a baby, especially one made so that it can be moved gently from side to side
    2. [S]发源地,发祥地 the place where sth begins
    3. [C]吊架,支架,吊篮 a frame for supporting sth being built or repaired, or for doing certain jobs
    4. [S]婴儿时期 the earliest years of one's life

英英释义

Noun:
  1. a baby bed with sides and rockers

  2. where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence;

    "the birthplace of civilization"

  3. birth of a person;

    "he was taught from the cradle never to cry"

  4. a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold

Verb:
  1. hold gently and carefully;

    "He cradles the child in his arms"

  2. bring up from infancy

  3. hold or place in or as if in a cradle;

    "He cradled the infant in his arms"

  4. cut grain with a cradle scythe

  5. wash in a cradle;

    "cradle gold"

  6. run with the stick

双语例句

1. Mali is the cradle of some of Africa's richest civilizations.
马里是非洲一些最悠久的文明的发祥地。

来自柯林斯例句

2. I dropped the receiver back in the cradle.
我把听筒放回听筒架上。

来自柯林斯例句

3. He fixed the towing cradle round the hull.
他把牵引支架固定在船体上。

来自柯林斯例句

4. She rocked the baby to sleep in its cradle.
她摇动摇篮哄婴儿入睡。

来自《权威词典》

5. a cradle swathed in draperies and blue ribbon
扎着打褶装饰织物和蓝色缎带的摇篮

来自《权威词典》

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The child slept soundly in her cradle.
      那孩子在摇篮里睡得很熟。
    2. Life is a battle from cradle to grave .
      人生是从摇篮到坟墓的一场搏斗。
    3. The sea is thought to have been the cradle of life.
      人们认为海洋是生命的发源地。
    4. Greece was the cradle of Western civilization.
      希腊是西方文明的发祥地。
    5. He jammed the receiver down on the cradle.
      他把听筒猛力往支架上放下。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The child slept soundly in her cradle.
      那孩子在摇篮里睡得很熟。
    2. Kyoto was the cradle of Japanese culture.
      京都是日本文化的发源地。
    3. Window cleaners are pulled up and down tall buildings on cradles.
      窗户清洁工乘坐能升降的吊篮清洗高层建筑物的窗子。
    4. They knew each other from the cradle.
      他们自幼相识。

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