释义 |
swaddleswad‧dle /ˈswɒdl $ ˈswɑːdl/ verb [transitive] old-fashioned swaddleOrigin: 1400-1500 Probably from sweddle ‘to swaddle’ (13-17 centuries), from Old English swethel ‘swaddling clothes’ VERB TABLEswaddle |
Present | I, you, we, they | swaddle | | he, she, it | swaddles | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | swaddled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have swaddled | | he, she, it | has swaddled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had swaddled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will swaddle | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have swaddled |
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Present | I | am swaddling | | he, she, it | is swaddling | | you, we, they | are swaddling | Past | I, he, she, it | was swaddling | | you, we, they | were swaddling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been swaddling | | he, she, it | has been swaddling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been swaddling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be swaddling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been swaddling |
- Each morning I swaddled them in cotton wool and boxes of Band-Aids.
- I can only suggest, Bill, that you swaddle them both and keep them immobilised for a week.
- It is a birth swaddled in deception, whose secret will not be shared by those most affected until decades have passed.
- Not surprising since the industry itself was still in swaddling clothes.
- Where once this corner of the island was swaddled in green, a lunar landscape now stands.
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