cradle 基本解释
- n. 摇篮；发源地；发祥地；支船架
- vt. 抚育；把...搁在支架上；把...放在摇篮内
cradle 词态变化
复数: cradles;第三人称单数: cradles;过去式: cradled;过去分词: cradled;现在分词: cradling;
cradle 中文词源
cradle 摇篮来自PIE*sker, 弯，转，编织，词源同ring, crib.
cradle 英文词源
- cradle (n.)
- "baby's bed," c. 1200, cradel, from Old English cradol "little bed, cot," from Proto-Germanic *kradulaz "basket" (cognates: Old High German kratto, krezzo "basket," German Krätze "basket carried on the back"). From late 14c. as "device for holding or hoisting." Cat's cradle is so called from 1768. Cradle-snatching "amorous pursuit of younger person" is from 1906.
"It's like cradle-snatching to want to marry a girl of sixteen, and you ought to be ashamed of yourself, for you can't be much more than twenty one yourself." ["Edith Van Dyne" (L. Frank Baum), "Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad," 1906]
- cradle (v.)
- c. 1500, from cradle (n.). Related: Cradled; cradling.
cradle 英文释义
- 1. a baby bed with sides and rockers
- 2. where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence;
- "the birthplace of civilization"
- 3. birth of a person;
- "he was taught from the cradle never to cry"
- 4. a trough on rockers used by gold miners to shake earth in water in order to separate the gold
cradle 双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. I dropped the receiver back in the cradle.
- 我把听筒放回听筒架上。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. He fixed the towing cradle round the hull.
- 他把牵引支架固定在船体上。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. She rocked the baby to sleep in its cradle.
- 她摇动摇篮哄婴儿入睡。
来自《权威词典》
- 5. a cradle swathed in draperies and blue ribbon
- 扎着打褶装饰织物和蓝色缎带的摇篮
来自《权威词典》
cradle 实用场景例句
- She rocked the baby to sleep in its cradle.
- 她摇动摇篮哄婴儿入睡。
牛津词典
- Greece, the cradle of Western civilization
- 希腊，西方文明的摇篮
牛津词典
- The old man cradled the tiny baby in his arms.
- 老汉把幼小的婴儿轻轻抱在怀里。
牛津词典
- The bond of brotherhood was one to last from the cradle to the grave.
- 兄弟之情会延续一辈子。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I cradled her in my arms...
- 我把她轻轻地抱在怀里。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...New York, the cradle of capitalism.
- 纽约，资本主义的发源地
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I dropped the receiver back in the cradle.
- 我把听筒放回听筒架上。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He fixed the towing cradle round the hull.
- 他把牵引支架固定在船体上。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- To reap ( grain ) with a cradle.
- 收割用附有摇篮架的大镰刀收割 ( 作物 )
期刊摘选
- Cairo, the cradle of civilization, the Melting Pot of Ancient and Modern Egyptian Civilizations.
- 开罗, 文明的摇篮, 埃及古老文明和现代文明的大熔炉.
期刊摘选
- Remember to put the telephone back in the cradle when you've finished.
- 打完电话别忘了把话筒放回听筒架上.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Switzerland is hereby known as the " cradle of tourism " and " world garden ".
- 瑞士旅游有如此特色,使其成为世界公认的 “ 旅游业摇篮 ” 和 “ 世界花园 ”.
期刊摘选
- The baby slumbered in his cradle.
- 婴儿安睡在摇篮中.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- O! The Huanghe ( River ), cradle of the Chinese nation.
- 啊! 黄河, 你是中华民族的摇篮.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- As a site of cultural heritage, the mountain is the cradle of Mount Huangshan Civilization.
- 作为文化遗产, 是“黄山文化”的发祥地.
期刊摘选
- Greece was the cradle of western civilization.
- 希腊是西方文明的发源地.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- China was the source cradle of Eastern civilization.
- 中国是东方文明的起源.
期刊摘选
- The cradle, It'seems, is about to be rocked.
- 看来, 这座摇篮即将惨遭蹂躏.
期刊摘选
- They both went softly into the kitchen, where the baby was sleeping in a wicker cradle.
- 他们俩轻轻地进了厨房, 孩子正在屋里一个柳条编的摇篮里睡觉.
期刊摘选
- The cradle of human civilization the Tigris, Euphrates River, has fertile soil into desert.
- 人类文明的摇篮底格里斯河 、 幼发拉底河流域, 已由沃土变成荒漠.
期刊摘选
- How many years can a person live from the cradle to the grave?
- 人从生到死能活多少年?
《简明英汉词典》
- They knew each other from the cradle.
- 他们自幼相识.
《简明英汉词典》
