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词汇 cradle
释义 cradle
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈkreɪ.dəl/ us /ˈkreɪ.dəl/

cradlenoun[C] (BED)


a small bed for a baby, especially one that moves from side to side: 摇床;摇篮
rock a cradleThe nurse rocked the cradle.保姆摇动摇篮。
 
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Beds & parts of beds
air mattress
airbed
bassinet
bed
bedhead
carrycot
couch
crib
day bed
divan
headboard
Li-lo
mattress
memory foam
moses basket
ticking
topper
truckle bed
trundle bed
twin bed

cradlenoun[C] (PHONE)


the object that you put a phone, camera, etc. into in order to recharge (= put power into) its batteries(移动电话,相机,掌上电脑等的)传输座(用来充电或连接电脑)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Communications - telephone equipment
answering machine
blower
brick
burner
cell phone
device
dumbphone
extension
mouthpiece
phablet
platform
powerbank
sim
SIM card
smartphone
speakerphone
switchboard
telephone
telephone booth
telephone exchange

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Computer hardware

cradlenoun[C] (EQUIPMENT)


UK(USscaffold)
a frame that hangs on the side of a building, ship, etc. for people to work from(悬挂在建筑物、船等侧面供工作用的)脚手架,吊架,吊篮
 
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Physical supports and supporting
abutment
bearing
bolster
bookend
burden
buttress
groan
load-bearing
modillion
pier
pile
pillar
prop
prop something up
rafter
runner
sinew
underpin
unsupported
weight-bearing

Idioms


the cradle of something
from (the) cradle to (the) grave
the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world
cradle
verb[ T ]
uk /ˈkreɪ.dəl/ us /ˈkreɪ.dəl/
to hold something or someone gently, especially by supporting with the arms: (尤指用手臂)轻托,轻抱
cradle someone in your armsShe cradled him tenderly in her arms.她把他轻轻地抱在怀里。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to hold someone or something
holdCan you hold this for a moment?
claspHe reached out to clasp her hand.
gripThe baby gripped my finger with her tiny hand.
clutchSilent and pale, she clutched her mother's hand.
clingOne little girl was clinging onto a cuddly toy.
hang onThe child was hanging on to her mother's skirt.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Having in your hands
arm
chokehold
clasp
clench
cling
cup
dandle
grasp
grim
grip
hand in handidiom
handle
hang
hang/hold on like grim deathidiom
join handsidiom
nurse
onto
purchase
seize
taken

cradle | American Dictionary


cradle
noun[ C ]
us/ˈkreɪ·dəl/

cradlenoun[C] (BED)


a small bed for a baby, esp. one with raised sides that can be pushed gently so that it moves from side to side

Idiom


the cradle of something
cradle
verb[ T ]
us/ˈkreɪ·dəl/

cradleverb[T] (SUPPORT)


to hold someone or something gently:
Joe cradled his cup of coffee and began to speak.

Examples of cradle


cradle
There were some things in the house, such as a cradle.
Thermoplastic cradles must tie up to patient bony pelvis anatomy, yet lateral tattoos are tied in with alignment marks drawn on the cradles.
A third mechanism is proposed to account for the lengthening in words like cradle and raven.
The anterior portion of these bones represents the lateral wall of a cradle-like chamber.
This is the horse sleeping in a cradle, their bed.
The cradle, reliably peaceful, is the focal point of the play's final tableau, which depicts the family group.
Based on clinical experience, this author notes that anteriorly encasing thermoplastic cradles pose additional technical problems.
Radiation from radioactive sources in nature hits us twenty-fours hours a day from cradle to grave.
Following this logic, then it seems that the lessening of cradling contact might contribute to excessive crying.
Rickards crouched forward, his huge hand cradling the whisky glass.
Forty-four patients were positioned in the cradle and thirty without.
The universe does not sustain or cradle life - life is not at home here.
Two additional frontal ridges are clearly recognizable on the lateral surface of the frontal cradle.
The frontal cradle walls end dorsally forming a prominent process.
The nurse used to put the child in a cradle under the creature's feet.
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