cradle的意思

基本释义

• n 摇篮；发源地；发祥地；支船架

  a small bed for a baby, especially one that moves gently from side to side

• v 抚育；把搁在支架上；把放在摇篮内

例句

1. She rocked the cradle to quieten the child.

   她摇动摇篮，让宝宝安静下来。

2. The child slept soundly in her cradle.

   那孩子在摇篮里睡得很熟。

3. Kyoto was the cradle of Japanese culture.

   京都是日本文化的发源地。

4. 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。

5. They knew each other from the cradle.

   他们自幼相识。

短语

• in the cradle 在摇篮里；在婴儿时期；初期
• from the cradle 自幼，从小
• from cradle to grave 一生（等于from the cradle to the grave）
• rob the cradle [美俚]劫摇篮；老牛吃嫩草；与比自己年轻地多的异性约会

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英英释义

cradle是什么意思 noun 1. a baby bed with sides and rockers 2. 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 Synonym: rocker 3. where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence e.g. the birthplace of civilization Synonym: birthplaceplace, of, origin, proven, anc 4. birth of a person e.g. he was taught from the cradle never to cry verb 1. run with the stick 2. hold gently and carefully e.g. He cradles the child in his arms 3. wash in a cradle e.g. cradle gold 4. cut grain with a cradle scythe 5. hold or place in or as if in a cradle e.g. He cradled the infant in his arms 6. bring up from infancy

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