| 释义 | cradle美 ['kreɪd(ə)l]  英 ['kreɪd(ə)l] n.摇篮;发源地;发祥地;策源地v.轻轻抱着网络托架;深崎暮人;支架
 复数:cradles  现在分词:cradling  过去分词:cradled  v. hold,embrace,support,cuddle,claspn. frame,structure,framework,underpinning,foundation| 1. | 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。 | 
| 2. | [ususing] ~ of sth 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 | 
| 3. | (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. | 
| 4. | (电话机的)听筒架,叉托支架the part of a telephone on which the receiver rests | 
IDM 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| 1. | ~ sb/sth 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。 | 
| n. | 3. 〔医〕(骨折)护架,接骨台;〔矿〕淘汰机;〔电信〕受话器叉簧10. 【农业】(附在大镰刀上,使割下的谷物整齐排列的)配禾架;(船厂的)船架,活动滑台;(砌拱洞等的)支架;(电话的)听筒架;【医学】(骨折)护架,接骨台;【矿物】淘汰机;炮鞍;(支持有反座力的炮身的)摇架3. 〔医〕(骨折)护架,接骨台;〔矿〕淘汰机;〔电信〕受话器叉簧10. 【农业】(附在大镰刀上,使割下的谷物整齐排列的)配禾架;(船厂的)船架,活动滑台;(砌拱洞等的)支架;(电话的)听筒架;【医学】(骨折)护架,接骨台;【矿物】淘汰机;炮鞍;(支持有反座力的炮身的)摇架 |  | v. |  | 
| n. | 1. a small bed for a baby, with rockers and enclosing sides2. the place where something begins or develops in its early stages3. the part of a telephone on which the handset rests or hangs4. a flat board on wheels or casters on which a mechanic can slide under a vehicle5. a framework for supporting something such as a ship that is being built or repaired6. a movable platform or cage hung on the side of something such as a building or ship, to hold a worker7. a frame placed beneath a top sheet or blanket covering a patient to keep it from touching a sensitive part of the body, e.g. after an injury or operation8. a rocking device like a box used in panning for gold9. a place where something began10. a piece of equipment for standing on while moving up and down the outside of a tall building, for example in order to clean windows1. a small bed for a baby, with rockers and enclosing sides2. the place where something begins or develops in its early stages3. the part of a telephone on which the handset rests or hangs4. a flat board on wheels or casters on which a mechanic can slide under a vehicle5. a framework for supporting something such as a ship that is being built or repaired6. a movable platform or cage hung on the side of something such as a building or ship, to hold a worker7. a frame placed beneath a top sheet or blanket covering a patient to keep it from touching a sensitive part of the body, e.g. after an injury or operation8. a rocking device like a box used in panning for gold9. a place where something began10. a piece of equipment for standing on while moving up and down the outside of a tall building, for example in order to clean windows |  | v. | 1. to hold or support somebody or something tenderly, carefully, or protectively, especially in a hollow formed with the arms or hands2. to put somebody or something into a cradle or something like a cradle3. to support something such as a ship that is being built or repaired in a framework4. to look after a young child or support something in the early stages of its development5. to wash gold-bearing soil in a cradle6. to put the handset of a telephone on its cradle1. to hold or support somebody or something tenderly, carefully, or protectively, especially in a hollow formed with the arms or hands2. to put somebody or something into a cradle or something like a cradle3. to support something such as a ship that is being built or repaired in a framework4. to look after a young child or support something in the early stages of its development5. to wash gold-bearing soil in a cradle6. to put the handset of a telephone on its cradle | 
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