| 单词 | the cradle of something |
| 释义 | the cradle of somethingthe cradle of something formalCOME FROM/ORIGINATE the place where something important began 某事物的发源地；某事物的策源地 Athens is often regarded as the cradle of democracy. 雅典常常被认为是民主的发源地。 Examples from the Corpus the cradle of something• It was also the cradle of the nation's aircraft industry, starting with A V Roe's historic flight in 1908.• I imagined Richard, my massive hunk, sheltering a tiny kitty in the cradle of his arm.• Inside the cradle of my legs I carry hunger.• This region after all is the cradle of civilisation.• Democracy of the shared class-room experience is the cradle of democracy in the outside world.• I was born on the crest of a wave and rocked in the cradle of the deep.• All told, the cradle of civilization has been tearing asunder for some 30 million years.• Leipzig was the cradle of East Germany's pro-democracy movement.• In school we sang Hail to thee, Lake Wobegon, the cradle of our youth. → the cradle of something at cradle1(1) |
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