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

• Both China and Africa are cradles of human civilisation and lands of great promise.
  中国和非洲都是人类文明的发祥地，都是充满希望的热土。
• It is attached to infant's cradles.
  它是连接到婴儿的摇篮。
• 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。
• They constitute respectively cradles of the eastern and western culture.
  两国分别是西方和东方文明的发源地。
• Adema cradles his one year old daughter in his arms, as he stands outside his hut.
  阿迪马抱着他一岁的女儿，站在简陋小屋的外边。
• Qujiang was13 years ago human ancestors," dam "and thrive land, but also" Shek Kip culture "the birthplace of the Chinese nation one of the cradles of ancient cultures.
  曲江是13万年前人类祖先“马坝人”繁衍生息之地，又是“石峡文化”的发祥地，华夏民族古老文化的摇篮之一。
• As we all know Xi'an was one of the cradles of the Chinese nation.
  大家都知道西安是中华民族重要的发源地。
• Let me see. uh, and all the cradles.
  让我想想，还有所有的摇篮。
• 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。
• 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。