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  • 同义词
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  • 英英词典释义
  • 行业词典释义

cradle

[ˈkreɪdl] [ˈkredl]
  • 复数:cradles;
  • 第三人称单数:cradles;
  • 过去式:cradled;
  • 过去分词:cradled;
  • 现在分词:cradling;
  • 例句
    同义词
    柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
    • N-COUNT
      摇篮
      A cradle is a baby's bed with high sides. Cradles often have curved bases so that they rock from side to side.
    • N-COUNT
      (电话机的)听筒架
      The cradle is the part of a telephone on which the receiver rests while it is not being used.
      例句
      I dropped the receiver back in the cradle. 我把听筒放回听筒架上。
    • N-COUNT
      支架;护架
      A cradle is a frame which supports or protects something.
      例句
      He fixed the towing cradle round the hull. 他把牵引支架固定在船体上。
    • N-COUNT
      发源地;发祥地
      A place that is referred to as the cradle of something is the place where it began.
      例句
      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。 ...New York, the cradle of capitalism. 纽约,资本主义的发源地
    • VERB
      轻轻抱着(或捧着)
      If you cradle someone or something in your arms or hands, you hold them carefully and gently.
      例句
      I cradled her in my arms... 我把她轻轻地抱在怀里。 He was sitting at the big table cradling a large bowl of milky coffee. 他坐在一张大桌子旁,手里捧着一大碗加了牛奶的咖啡。
    • PHRASE
      一生;一世;从生到死
      If something affects you from the cradle to the grave, it affects you throughout your life.
      例句
      The bond of brotherhood was one to last from the cradle to the grave. 兄弟之情会延续一辈子。
    英汉词典释义
    • n.
      摇篮
      The child slept soundly in her cradle. 那孩子在摇篮里睡得很熟。
      发源地, 发祥地
      Tokyo was the cradle of Japanese culture. 东京是日本文化的发源地。
      吊架, 支架, 吊篮
      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。
      婴儿时期
      They knew each other from the cradle. 他们自幼相识。
    • vt.
      将…置于摇篮中
      I cradled the baby in my arms. 我轻轻地把婴儿抱到怀里摇晃着。
    英英词典释义
    • 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 on rockers used by gold miners to shake 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
    行业词典
    • 公路科技: 挂篮;
      医学: 支架:置于卧床病人身上的支架,用于加温、降温或保护患部免于接触床单等;摇床;