cradles

英 [ˈkreɪdlz]

美 [ˈkreɪdlz]

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
cradle的第三人称单数和复数

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。

双语例句

• Basically, what we see in this cartoon is a woman pushing six floors of baby cradles on an urban street against the background of two skyscrapers.
  译文我们在这幅漫画中看到一个女人推着有六层婴儿摇篮的推车在一条城市的大街上走着，背景是两座摩天大楼。
• Window cleaners are pulled up and down tall buildings on cradles.
  窗户清洁工乘坐能升降的吊篮清洗高层建筑物的窗子。
• The paradox of earth is that it cradles life and then entombs life.
  大地的奥妙在于它既生长万物，亦埋葬万物。
• They constitute respectively cradles of the eastern and western culture.
  两国分别是西方和东方文明的发源地。
• Both China and Africa are cradles of human civilisation and lands of great promise.
  中国和非洲都是人类文明的发祥地，都是充满希望的热土。
• In other words, the tropics do, indeed, act as cradles of biodiversity.
  换句话说，热带地区确实起着生物多样性之源的作用。
• Let me see. uh, and all the cradles.
  让我想想，还有所有的摇篮。
• One of the cradles of the Chinese nation, Shanxi owns rich historical cultural relics.
  山西是中华民族的发祥地之一，拥有丰厚的历史文化遗产。
• The sling cradles the neck and keeps the legs open wide for lusty accessibility.
  吊索生长脖子和保持腿开放宽为好色的可及性。
• A single Horton sphere, enigmatic balloon tethered to the fused sand by its steel cradles;
  一个单霍登式的球体，一个谜一般的气球用钢架拴在熔化的沙上；