cradles

英 [ˈkreɪdlz]

美 [ˈkreɪdlz]

n.  摇篮; 策源地; 发源地; 发祥地; (高楼外供清洁窗户等用的)吊架，托架，吊篮
v.  轻轻抱着
cradle的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• 摇篮
  Acradleis a baby's bed with high sides. Cradles often have curved bases so that they rock from side to side.
• N-COUNT (电话机的)听筒架
  Thecradleis the part of a telephone on which the receiver rests while it is not being used.
  1. I dropped the receiver back in the cradle.
     我把听筒放回听筒架上。
• N-COUNT 支架;护架
  Acradleis a frame which supports or protects something.
  1. He fixed the towing cradle round the hull.
     他把牵引支架固定在船体上。
• N-COUNT 发源地;发祥地
  A place that is referred to asthe cradle ofsomething is the place where it began.
  1. Mali is the cradle of some of Africa's richest civilizations.
     马里是非洲一些最悠久的文明的发祥地。
  2. ...New York, the cradle of capitalism.
     纽约，资本主义的发源地
• VERB 轻轻抱着(或捧着)
  If youcradlesomeone or somethinginyour arms or hands, you hold them carefully and gently.
  1. I cradled her in my arms...
     我把她轻轻地抱在怀里。
  2. He was sitting at the big table cradling a large bowl of milky coffee.
     他坐在一张大桌子旁，手里捧着一大碗加了牛奶的咖啡。
• PHRASE 一生;一世;从生到死
  If something affects youfrom the cradle to the grave, it affects you throughout your life.
  1. The bond of brotherhood was one to last from the cradle to the grave.
     兄弟之情会延续一辈子。

双语例句

• I have eight billiard balls here, and your Newton cradles probably also have eight balls hanging from pendulums.
  这里有八个台球，你们的牛顿支架，它也有八个球，悬挂在支架上。
• It is attached to infant's cradles.
  它是连接到婴儿的摇篮。
• The paradox of earth is that it cradles life and then entombs life.
  大地的奥妙在于它既生长万物，亦埋葬万物。
• They constitute respectively cradles of the eastern and western culture.
  两国分别是西方和东方文明的发源地。
• The Freedom Field, a large indentation in the ground," cradles "those walking in the memorial area.
  自由之地是一个巨大的凹陷入地面的盆地，承载着穿梭在记忆广场中的人们。
• A single Horton sphere, enigmatic balloon tethered to the fused sand by its steel cradles;
  一个单霍登式的球体，一个谜一般的气球用钢架拴在熔化的沙上；
• Qujiang was13 years ago human ancestors," dam "and thrive land, but also" Shek Kip culture "the birthplace of the Chinese nation one of the cradles of ancient cultures.
  曲江是13万年前人类祖先“马坝人”繁衍生息之地，又是“石峡文化”的发祥地，华夏民族古老文化的摇篮之一。
• In a like manner the others came as well, each in turn, until all twelve were lying there asleep in the golden cradles.
  接着其他兄弟一个接着一个都来了，直到最后十二个兄弟都躺在金色的摇篮里睡着了。
• As we all know Xi'an was one of the cradles of the Chinese nation.
  大家都知道西安是中华民族重要的发源地。
• Europe and Asia, two major cradles of human civilization, have both contributed to human progress.
  欧洲和亚洲这两个人类文明的主要发源地，对人类进步做出了贡献。