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cradle n.摇篮；发祥地；支架v.怀抱 (1) 那孩子在摇篮里睡得很熟。(2) 人生是从摇篮到坟墓的一场搏斗。(3) 人们认为海洋是生命的发源地。(4) 希腊是西方文明的发祥地。(5) 他把听筒猛力往支架上放下。 The word cradle comes to us from the Old English word cradol, which meant "little bed or cot." And while it is important to cradle a baby's head when you pick them up out of their cradle, this word isn't all baby talk. Ever heard of ancient Greece? Otherwise known as "the cradle of democracy?" That's because the noun version of cradle can be used to poetically describe the birthplace of a movement or the area where an early idea was nurtured.

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英 ['kreɪdl] 美 ['kreɪdl] (1) The child slept soundly in her cradle.(2) Life is a battle from cradle to grave .(3) The sea is thought to have been the cradle of life.(4) Greece was the cradle of Western civilization.(5) He jammed the receiver down on the cradle. To cradle is to hold delicately and gently, like how you would hold an infant. A cradle is the tiny bed with rockers that the infant sleeps in. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]摇篮 A cradle is a baby's bed with high sides. Cradles often have curved bases so that they rock from side to side. 2[N-COUNT 可数名词](电话机的)听筒架 The cradle is the part of a telephone on which the receiver rests while it is not being used. I dropped the receiver back in the cradle.我把听筒放回听筒架上。3[N-COUNT 可数名词]支架；护架 A cradle is a frame which supports or protects something. He fixed the towing cradle round the hull.他把牵引支架固定在船体上。4[N-COUNT 可数名词]发源地；发祥地 A place that is referred to as the cradle of something is the place where it began.   [usu sing]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。...New York, the cradle of capitalism.纽约，资本主义的发源地5[VERB 动词]轻轻抱着(或捧着) If you cradle someone or something in your arms or hands, you hold them carefully and gently.   [V n in n]  [V n]I cradled her in my arms...我把她轻轻地抱在怀里。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。6[PHRASE 短语]一生；一世；从生到死 If something affects you from the cradle to the grave, it affects you throughout your life.   [PHR after v]The bond of brotherhood was one to last from the cradle to the grave.兄弟之情会延续一辈子。

英语单词	cradle
英美音标	英 ['kreɪdl] 美 ['kreɪdl]
中文释义	n.摇篮；发祥地；支架 v.怀抱
英语例句	(1) The child slept soundly in her cradle. (2) Life is a battle from cradle to grave . (3) The sea is thought to have been the cradle of life. (4) Greece was the cradle of Western civilization. (5) He jammed the receiver down on the cradle.
中文例句	(1) 那孩子在摇篮里睡得很熟。 (2) 人生是从摇篮到坟墓的一场搏斗。 (3) 人们认为海洋是生命的发源地。 (4) 希腊是西方文明的发祥地。 (5) 他把听筒猛力往支架上放下。
vocabulary简明	To cradle is to hold delicately and gently, like how you would hold an infant. A cradle is the tiny bed with rockers that the infant sleeps in.
vocabulary扩展	The word cradle comes to us from the Old English word cradol, which meant "little bed or cot." And while it is important to cradle a baby's head when you pick them up out of their cradle, this word isn't all baby talk. Ever heard of ancient Greece? Otherwise known as "the cradle of democracy?" That's because the noun version of cradle can be used to poetically describe the birthplace of a movement or the area where an early idea was nurtured.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]摇篮 A cradle is a baby's bed with high sides. Cradles often have curved bases so that they rock from side to side. 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词](电话机的)听筒架 The cradle is the part of a telephone on which the receiver rests while it is not being used. I dropped the receiver back in the cradle. 我把听筒放回听筒架上。 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]支架；护架 A cradle is a frame which supports or protects something. He fixed the towing cradle round the hull. 他把牵引支架固定在船体上。 4 [N-COUNT 可数名词]发源地；发祥地 A place that is referred to as the cradle of something is the place where it began. [usu sing] 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。 ...New York, the cradle of capitalism. 纽约，资本主义的发源地 5 [VERB 动词]轻轻抱着(或捧着) If you cradle someone or something in your arms or hands, you hold them carefully and gently. [V n in n] [V n] I cradled her in my arms... 我把她轻轻地抱在怀里。 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。 6 [PHRASE 短语]一生；一世；从生到死 If something affects you from the cradle to the grave, it affects you throughout your life. [PHR after v] The bond of brotherhood was one to last from the cradle to the grave. 兄弟之情会延续一辈子。

Cradle N Count 可数名词 Receiver Hold Bed Word Grave