| 释义 |
cradle/ˈkreid(ə)l/ n. & v.●n. 1a a child's bed or cot, esp. one mounted on rockers 摇篮，小床 b a place in which a thing begins, esp. a civilization etc., or is nurtured in its infancy (尤指人类文明的)策源地，发源地 cradle of choral singing 合唱的发源地; cradle of democracy 民主的策源地 2 a framework resembling a cradle, esp. (尤指): 类似于摇篮的框架a that on which a ship, a boat, etc., rests during construction or repairs (修造船只用的)托架，垫架，座 b that on which a worker is suspended to work on a ceiling, a ship, the vertical side of a building, etc. (修理屋顶、轮船或建筑的垂直面等的)吊篮，吊架 c the part of a telephone on which the receiver rests when not in use (电话听筒的)叉簧，听筒架 ●v. tr. 1 contain or shelter as if in a cradle (像放入摇篮似地)抱(或遮蔽) cradled his head in her arms (她)用胳膊搂着他的头 2 place in a cradle 把…放入摇篮 □ from the cradle from infancy 从幼年起 □ from the cradle to the grave from infancy till death (esp. of state welfare) (尤指国家福利)从生到死，一生 [Old English cradol, perhaps related to Old High German kratto ‘basket’] |