cradle
英 [ˈkreɪdl]
美 [ˈkreɪdl]
n. 摇篮; 策源地; 发源地; 发祥地; (高楼外供清洁窗户等用的)吊架,托架,吊篮
v. 轻轻抱着
现在分词:cradling 过去式:cradled 复数:cradles 过去分词:cradled 第三人称单数:cradles
Collins.1 / BNC.9753 / COCA.8639
习惯用语
n.
- from the cradle to the grave
- 一生;一世;从生到死
a way of referring to the whole of a person's life, from birth until death rob the cradle - 老牛吃嫩草(指跟比自己年龄小很多的人发生性关系)
to have a sexual relationship with a much younger person
牛津词典
noun
- 摇篮
a small bed for a baby which can be pushed gently from side to side- She rocked the baby to sleep in its cradle.
她摇动摇篮哄婴儿入睡。
- She rocked the baby to sleep in its cradle.
- 策源地;发源地;发祥地
the place where sth important began- Greece, the cradle of Western civilization
希腊,西方文明的摇篮
- Greece, the cradle of Western civilization
- (高楼外供清洁窗户等用的)吊架,托架,吊篮
a small platform that can be moved up and down the outside of a high building, used by people cleaning windows, etc. - (电话机的)听筒架,叉托支架
the part of a telephone on which the receiver rests
verb
- 轻轻抱着
to hold sb/sth gently in your arms or hands- The old man cradled the tiny baby in his arms.
老汉把幼小的婴儿轻轻抱在怀里。
- The old man cradled the tiny baby in his arms.
柯林斯词典
- 摇篮
Acradleis 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
Thecradleis the part of a telephone on which the receiver rests while it is not being used.- I dropped the receiver back in the cradle.
我把听筒放回听筒架上。
- I dropped the receiver back in the cradle.
- N-COUNT 支架;护架
Acradleis a frame which supports or protects something.- He fixed the towing cradle round the hull.
他把牵引支架固定在船体上。
- He fixed the towing cradle round the hull.
- N-COUNT 发源地;发祥地
A place that is referred to asthe cradle ofsomething is the place where it began.- 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
- Mali is the cradle of some of Africa's richest civilizations.
- VERB 轻轻抱着(或捧着)
If youcradlesomeone or somethinginyour arms or hands, you hold them carefully and gently.- 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。
- I cradled her in my arms...
- PHRASE 一生;一世;从生到死
If something affects youfrom the cradle to the grave, it affects you throughout your life.- The bond of brotherhood was one to last from the cradle to the grave.
兄弟之情会延续一辈子。
- The bond of brotherhood was one to last from the cradle to the grave.
英英释义
noun
- a baby bed with sides and rockers
- a trough that can be rocked back and forth
- where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
- the birthplace of civilization
- birth of a person
- he was taught from the cradle never to cry
verb
- run with the stick
- hold gently and carefully
- He cradles the child in his arms
- wash in a cradle
- cradle gold
- cut grain with a cradle scythe
- hold or place in or as if in a cradle
- He cradled the infant in his arms
- bring up from infancy
双语例句
- 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。 - I love my home. It's the cradle of life!
我爱我的家。它是我生命的摇篮! - O! The Huanghe ( River), cradle of the Chinese nation.
啊!黄河,你是中华民族的摇篮。 - I dropped the receiver back in the cradle.
我把听筒放回听筒架上。 - These mountains and plains are a cradle and a stepping-stone.
这群山和平原是摇篮,是溪中垫脚的石头。 - The Old City was also the cradle of Catholicism in Shanghai and in China.
老城厢还是上海和中国天主教的发源地。 - Blue sky, flying the cradle of the hands of how many people's mind sees and the pursuit!
蓝天,翱翔的摇篮,寄托了多少人的情思和追求! - So, this is the cradle of life.
那么,这就是“生命的摇篮”了。 - He place the receiver back on the cradle, lost in some reflection.
他挂上了听筒,茫然若有所思地站了一会儿。 - Because this is the cradle of civilization.
因为这里是文明的发源地。