cradle

[英] [ˈkreidl] [美] [ˈkredl] 生词本

n.

vt.

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1. 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. 
2. 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. 
  • I dropped the receiver back in the cradle.

    我把听筒放回听筒架上。

3. N-COUNT 支架;护架 A cradle is 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。

4. 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. 
  • 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

5. 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. 
  • 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。

6. 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. 
  • The bond of brotherhood was one to last from the cradle to the grave.

    兄弟之情会延续一辈子。

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

公路科技

<名>
  • 1.挂篮

医学

  • 1.①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;②摇床

计算机

  • 1.(送受话器)叉托支架,托架
  • 2.台架
1. Greece was the cradle of western civilization.
希腊是西方文明的发源地。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2. How many years can a person live from the cradle to the grave?
人从生到死能活多少年?

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. O! The Huanghe (River), cradle of the Chinese nation.
啊!黄河,你是中华民族的摇篮。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4. Remember to put the telephone back in the cradle when you've finished.
打完电话别忘了把话筒放回听筒架上。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5. The baby slumbered in his cradle.
婴儿安睡在摇篮中。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

6. The baby was rocked to sleep in a cradle.
婴儿在摇篮里被摇得睡着了。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

7. The child slept soundly in her cradle.
那孩子在摇篮里睡得很熟。

来自《简明英汉词典》

8. They knew each other from the cradle.
他们自幼相识。

来自《简明英汉词典》

9. Tokyo was the cradle of Japanese culture.
东京是日本文化的发源地。

来自《简明英汉词典》