| 单词 | cradle |
| 释义 | Word Frequency cradle(ˈkreɪdəl) noun 1. a baby's bed with enclosed sides, often with a hood and rockers 2. a place where something originates or is nurtured during its early life the cradle of civilization 3. the earliest period of life they knew each other from the cradle 4. a frame, rest, or trolley made to support or transport a piece of equipment, aircraft, ship, etc 5. a platform, cage, or trolley, in which workmen are suspended on the side of a building or ship 6. the part of a telephone on which the handset rests when not in use 7. a holder connected to a computer allowing data to be transferred from a mobile phone, digital camera, etc 8. another name for creeper (sense 5) 9. agriculture a. a framework of several wooden fingers attached to a scythe to gather the grain into bunches as it is cut b. a scythe equipped with such a cradle; cradle scythe c. a collar of wooden fingers that prevents a horse or cow from turning its head and biting itself 10. Also called: rocker a boxlike apparatus for washing rocks, sand, etc, containing gold or gem stones 11. engraving a tool that produces the pitted surface of a copper mezzotint plate before the design is engraved upon it 12. a framework used to prevent the bedclothes from touching a sensitive part of an injured person 13. from the cradle to the grave verb 14. (transitive) to rock or place in or as if in a cradle; hold tenderly 15. (transitive) to nurture in or bring up from infancy 16. (transitive) to replace (the handset of a telephone) on the cradle 17. to reap (grain) with a cradle scythe 18. (transitive) to wash (soil bearing gold, etc) in a cradle 19. lacrosse to keep (the ball) in the net of the stick, esp while running with it Derived forms cradler (ˈcradler) noun Word origin Old English cradol; related to Old High German kratto basket |
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