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

• As one of the cradles of human civilization, China has all along maintained its cultural tradition without letup in its history of several thousand years.
  中国作为人类文化发祥地之一，在几千年的历史进程中，文化传统始终没有中断。
• I have eight billiard balls here, and your Newton cradles probably also have eight balls hanging from pendulums.
  这里有八个台球，你们的牛顿支架，它也有八个球，悬挂在支架上。
• 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。
• China is one of the earlist cradles of civilization and a visit to this ancient civilization has long been my dream.
  中国是最古老的文明摇篮之一，访问这个文明古国是我多年梦寐以求的愿望。
• 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。
• 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。
• Let me see. uh, and all the cradles.
  让我想想，还有所有的摇篮。
• It is attached to infant's cradles.
  它是连接到婴儿的摇篮。
• The Freedom Field, a large indentation in the ground," cradles "those walking in the memorial area.
  自由之地是一个巨大的凹陷入地面的盆地，承载着穿梭在记忆广场中的人们。
• China is one of the cradles of human knowledge.
  中国是人类知识的摇篮之一。