| 单词 | cradle |
| 释义 | cradle (once / 542 pages) 1nv 2nv 3v 4v To cradle is to hold delicately and gently, like how you would hold an infant. A cradle is the tiny bed with rockers that the infant sleeps in. The word cradle comes to us from the Old English word cradol, which meant "little bed or cot." And while it is important to cradle a baby's head when you pick them up out of their cradle, this word isn't all baby talk. Ever heard of ancient Greece? Otherwise known as "the cradle of democracy?" That's because the noun version of cradle can be used to poetically describe the birthplace of a movement or the area where an early idea was nurtured. WORD FAMILYcradle: cradled, cradles, cradling USAGE EXAMPLESFive days before the hearing, Jones was cradling a phone against his ear and typing another pizza order into a computer. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) Pink posted a photo of herself cradling her newborn son, Jameson Moon Hart. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) I cradled my coffee like a prayer book and tried to remember every little thing. Los Angeles Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1 1n a baby bed with sides and rockers Hyper baby bed, baby's bed a small bed for babies; enclosed by sides to prevent the baby from falling 2n where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence Syn|Hyper birthplace, place of origin, provenance, provenience beginning, origin, root, rootage, source the place where something begins, where it springs into being 3n birth of a person he was taught from the cradle never to cry Hyper birth the time when something begins (especially life) 4v hold or place in or as if in a cradle He cradled the infant in his arms Hyper hold, take hold have or hold in one's hands or grip 5v hold gently and carefully He cradles the child in his arms Hyper hold, take hold have or hold in one's hands or grip 6v bring up from infancy 2Hyper bring up, nurture, parent, raise, rear bring up 1n a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold Syn|Hyper rocker trough a long narrow shallow receptacle 2v wash in a cradle 3cradle gold Hyper launder, wash cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water v cut grain with a cradle scythe 4Hyper cut separate with or as if with an instrument v run with the stick Hyper play participate in games or sport |
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