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cradle/ˈkreɪdl//ˈkreɪdl/ ★★★★n. - cradles
- cradling
- cradled
- cradled
n- ① (婴儿用)摇篮,摇床(=cot)
- The new baby is in the cradle.新生婴儿在摇篮里。
- ②[the cradle]幼小时;发源地,发祥地
- What is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb.【谚】幼时所学,至死不忘。
- the cradle of Chinese civilization中国文明的发祥地
- ③ (状如摇篮的)筐架或台架;【海】(造船或修船用以承船的)托架,支船架;(船下水时的)滑台;[砲](支撑大砲的)砲鞍;(电话听筒的)支架;【矿】洗矿盘
vt- ② 1将(婴儿放在怀中等)摇摆2(用两臂等)抱持(东西)
- She cradled the baby in her arms.她将婴儿放在怀中摇摆。
- He cradled a large vase in his arms.他用双臂抱持一个大花瓶。
- ③ 1以托架[船架、滑台]支撑船身2将(电话听筒)放置于支架上
短语- from the cradle
- from the cradle to the grave
- ① 自摇篮到坟墓,从生到死;一生(=from birth to death)
- They were well taken care of by the government from the cradle to the grave.从生到死他们都得到政府的妥善照顾。
- rob the cradle
- Uncle Bill－who is nearly eighty－married a thirty-year-old woman. That is really robbing the cradle.比尔老伯年近八十,娶了一位年三十的妇人,那真是白发红颜的老少配。
同义词- birthplace
- place of origin
- provenance
- provenience
- rocker
词路径- entity
- physical entity
- object
- physical object
- whole
- unit
- artifact
- artefact
- instrumentality
- instrumentation
- furnishing
- furniture
- piece of furniture
- article of furniture
- baby bed
- baby's bed
- cradle
上位词- baby's bed
- baby bed
- beginning
- birth
- origin
- root
- rootage
- source
- trough
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