cradling是什么意思

cradling

英['kre?dl??] 美['kre?d?l??]

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

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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.
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(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.
例句
I dropped the receiver back in the cradle. 我把听筒放回听筒架上。
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支架;护架

A cradle is a frame which supports or protects something.
例句
He fixed the towing cradle round the hull. 他把牵引支架固定在船体上。
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发源地;发祥地

A place that is referred to as the cradle of something is the place where it began.
例句
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
VERB

轻轻抱着(或捧着)

If you cradle someone or something in your arms or hands, you hold them carefully and gently.
例句
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。
PHRASE

一生;一世;从生到死

If something affects you from the cradle to the grave, it affects you throughout your life.
例句
The bond of brotherhood was one to last from the cradle to the grave. 兄弟之情会延续一辈子。

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