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cradle

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n.摇篮,发源地,支船架 vt.将...放在摇篮内

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名词:cradler 动词过去式:cradled 过去分词:cradled 现在分词:cradling 第三人称单数:cradles

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cradle


/'kreɪdl; `kredl/
n
1 small bed for a baby, usu shaped like a box with curved parts underneath so that it can move from side to side 摇篮
*The mother rocked the baby to sleep in its cradle. 母亲摇动摇篮使婴儿入睡. =>illus at App
1 见附录1之插图, page xvi.
2 ~ of sth (usu sing 通常作单数) (fig 比喻) place where sth begins 发源地; 策源地; 发祥地
*Greece, the cradle of Western culture. 希腊, 西方文化的发源地.
3 (a) framework that looks like or is used like a cradle, eg the structure on which a ship rests while it is being repaired or built 形状或用途近似摇篮的框架(如修造船舶时用以支承的托架).
(b) platform that can be moved up and down an outside wall by means of ropes and pulleys, used by window-cleaners, painters, etc (擦窗工人、油漆工人等使用的依靠绳索及滑轮可沿外墙上下移动的)吊架, 吊篮.
4 part of a telephone on which the receiver rests (电话机的)听筒架, 叉簧.
5 (idm 习语) from the ,cradle to the `grave from birth to death 从生到死; 一生.

v [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sb/sth (in sth) place or hold sb/sth (as if) in a cradle 将某人[某物](如同)置于摇篮中
*cradle a child in one's arms, ie hold it gently, esp rocking it from side to side 把孩子抱在怀里轻轻摇晃.
1. The mother rocked the baby to sleep in its cradle.
    母亲摇动摇篮使婴儿入睡.

2. They both went softly into the kitchen, where the baby was sleeping in a wicker cradle.
    他们俩轻轻地进了厨房,孩子正在屋里一个柳条编的摇篮里睡觉。

3. The mother went to kneel at the side of the cradle, gently rocking it with one hand and patting the child with the other.
    孩子的母亲走过去跪在摇篮旁,一只手轻轻地摇着,另一只手拍着孩子。

4. She burst into tears, laying her head on the seat of the chair that was standing near the cradle.
    露丝实在忍受不了了。她趴在摇篮旁边的一张椅子上,大哭起来。

5. One cannot think of Africa without thinking of Egypt, the cradle of an ancient civilization, nor of Egypt without the Nile.
    想到非洲,人们不能不想到作为古代文明发祥地之一的埃及。同样,想到埃及,不能不想到尼罗河,

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