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单词 swaddling
释义 swaddling
I. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English swadeling, swatheling act of swaddling, from gerund of swadelen, swathelen to swaddle
1. : swaddling clothes — usually used in plural
 < changed the swaddlings on a baby — R.P.Warren >
2. : bandaging — usually used in plural
 < in case the fracture be next to the knee from below, then use no swaddlings over the knee — A.L.Fox >
II. adjective
Etymology: swaddling (I); probably from the frequent mention made by the preachers in their sermons to the swaddling clothes in which the infant Jesus lay (Lk 2:7)
Britain : protestant; especially : methodist
 < swearing he would have none of their swaddling prayers — John Wesley >
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