| 单词 | baby carrier |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbaby carrier baby carrier n. (a) a person employed to carry or transport a baby; (later also) a woman who carries a child in the womb; (b) any of various devices for carrying a baby or small child, esp. one designed to be worn over the shoulders with the baby supported on one's back, hips, or chest. ΚΠ 1853 Househ. Words 19 Mar. 50/1 Baby-carriers undertook to convey infants,..from distant ports of the country, at so much per head. 1872 E. Millett Austral. Parsonage iv. 86 A little native girl..having been neatly dressed on her installation as baby-carrier to a colonist's wife. 1880 H. Behr U.S. Patent 229,233 The invention consists, principally, in constructing the baby-carrier, which has a convenient support for the child, with an additional and separate supporting plate or frame, whereby it can be held on the arm or lap of a nurse. 1925 A. L. Kroeber Handbk. Indians Calif. iv. 92 The cradle or baby carrier is a huge sort of slipper of openwork. 1965 Chicago Tribune 15 June ii. 2/6 For sightseeing with an infant, you might try one of the canvas baby carriers which fit over your shoulder and under the baby. 1994 R. Braidotti Nomadic Subj. ii. 65 If all uteruses are equal and interchangeable, all women are the same on the scale of their function as baby-carriers. 2005 Baby & You Feb. 8/2 It may just be that your baby carrier doesn't distribute your baby's weight properly, causing you to develop back pain. < as lemmas |
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