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　

CET6考研IELTSTEM4TEM8

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
  1. She rocked the baby to sleep in its cradle.
     她摇动摇篮哄婴儿入睡。
• 策源地；发源地；发祥地
  the place where sth important began
  1. Greece, the cradle of Western civilization
     希腊，西方文明的摇篮
• （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
  1. The old man cradled the tiny baby in his arms.
     老汉把幼小的婴儿轻轻抱在怀里。

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.
  1. I dropped the receiver back in the cradle.
     我把听筒放回听筒架上。
• N-COUNT 支架;护架
  Acradleis a frame which supports or protects something.
  1. He fixed the towing cradle round the hull.
     他把牵引支架固定在船体上。
• N-COUNT 发源地;发祥地
  A place that is referred to asthe cradle ofsomething is the place where it began.
  1. 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。
  2. ...New York, the cradle of capitalism.
     纽约，资本主义的发源地
• VERB 轻轻抱着(或捧着)
  If youcradlesomeone or somethinginyour arms or hands, you hold them carefully and gently.
  1. I cradled her in my arms...
     我把她轻轻地抱在怀里。
  2. 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。
• PHRASE 一生;一世;从生到死
  If something affects youfrom the cradle to the grave, it affects you throughout your life.
  1. The bond of brotherhood was one to last from the cradle to the grave.
     兄弟之情会延续一辈子。

英英释义

noun

• a baby bed with sides and rockers
• a trough that can be rocked back and forth
  Synonym:rocker
• where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
  1. the birthplace of civilization
  Synonym:birthplaceplace of originprovenanceprovenience
• birth of a person
  1. he was taught from the cradle never to cry

verb

• run with the stick
• hold gently and carefully
  1. He cradles the child in his arms
• wash in a cradle
  1. cradle gold
• cut grain with a cradle scythe
• hold or place in or as if in a cradle
  1. He cradled the infant in his arms
• bring up from infancy

双语例句

• New England saw itself as the cradle of American technology and progress.
  新英格兰把自己视为美国工业技术和进步的发源地。
• Cradle: I like to see him smile.
  摇篮：我喜欢看他笑。
• Because this is the cradle of civilization.
  因为这里是文明的发源地。
• The child slept soundly in her cradle.
  那孩子在摇篮里睡得很熟。
• So, this is the cradle of life.
  那么，这就是“生命的摇篮”了。
• They settled in the cradle of human civilization, and thus a new nation was born.
  他们在人类文明的发源地定居，这样一个新国家诞生了。
• As a clergyman's son he'd imbibed a set of mystical beliefs from the cradle.
  作为牧师的儿子，他从尚在襁褓时起就接受了一套神秘主义信仰。
• And down will come baby, cradle and all.
  宝贝和摇篮都掉下来了。
• 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。
• They knew each other from the cradle.
  他们自幼相识。