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词汇 swaddling
释义 swaddling
present participle ofswaddle
swaddle
verb[ T ]
uk /ˈswɒd.əl/ us /ˈswɑː.dəl/
to wrap a baby tightly in cloth: 用襁褓包裹(婴儿)
Swaddling a baby tightly in a blanket can be a good way to stop it crying.用毯子紧紧裹住婴儿可能是让他停止哭泣的好办法。
Synonyms
swathe
wrap
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
beleaguer
beleaguered
beset
border
box someone/something in
drown
enclosure
fence something in
fence something off
flooding
gather
gift wrap
gift-wrapped
sheathe
siege
soak
steep
steep something/someone in something
submersion
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Parenting & caring for children

Examples of swaddling


swaddling

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


Indeed, history may well show that now was the time when civil aviation was just getting out of its swaddling clothes.
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For the first months of its life it is wrapped close and tight in swaddling bands of physical protection from the world.
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The child walks as we unwrap the swaddling clothes, the cathedral stands in its full beauty as we remove the scaffolding.
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I am only concerned about the presiding officer in the cases of infants still in swaddling clothes, and of his own safety.
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We want to get rid of these swaddling clothes of restrictive practices in which so many industries are wrapped up at the moment.
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It is a dangerous delusion to imagine that we can obviate the need for strong defence by swaddling ourselves in the vague, comfortable language of international good will.
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As the young men or women grow up so gradually you can release the swaddling clothes and the restrictions, so that they can expand themselves and develop.
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Swaddling fell out of favor in the seventeenth century.
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He wrote against swaddling infants into tight bundles.
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Swaddling also prevents newborns waking themselves with their moro reflex.
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The design features a baby in swaddling clothes.
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Some authors are of the opinion that swaddling is becoming popular again, although the medical and psychological effects of swaddling are in dispute.
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Swaddling bands were often used to further restrict the infant.
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In other words: after a few days swaddling is completely unnecessary.
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He takes a pair of scissors and for the first time removes the child's swaddling.
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