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cra·dle AHD[krādʹl] D.J.[ˈkreɪdl]K.K.[ˈkredļ]n.（名词）- A small low bed for an infant, often furnished with rockers.摇篮：一种为婴儿准备的小而低矮的床，通常装有弯杆
- The earliest period of life:婴儿时期：人生的最早阶段：from the cradle to the grave.从生到死
- A place of origin; a birthplace:发源地；出生地：the cradle of civilization.文明的发源地
- A framework of wood or metal used to support something, such as a ship undergoing construction or repair.支架：用以支撑某物的木制或金属框架，如正在建造中或维修中的船只
- A framework used to protect an injured limb.护架：保护受伤的四肢的支架
- A low flat framework that rolls on casters, used by a mechanic working beneath an automobile. Also called creeper 轮脚架：在汽车底下工作的修理工使用的、在脚轮上滚动的低平框架 也作 creeper
- The part of a telephone that contains the connecting switch upon which the receiver and mouthpiece unit is supported.叉簧：电话机中包括接线开关、搁电话听筒和送话器的那部分
- A frame projecting above a scythe, used to catch grain as it is cut so that it can be laid flat.摇篮架：大镰刀上的突起框架，是用来使割下来的作物平整放置的配件
- A scythe equipped with such a frame.镰刀：装配有摇篮架的大镰刀
- A boxlike device furnished with rockers, used for washing gold-bearing dirt.洗矿槽：一种用来清洗含金土的带有弯杆的盒状器械
v.（动词）cra.dled, cra.dling, cra.dles v.tr.（及物动词）- To place or retain in or as if in a cradle.放在摇篮里：把…放置或留在摇篮里或似摇篮物里
- To care for or nurture in infancy.抚养：在婴儿期照料或养育婴儿
- To hold or support protectively:紧抱：保护性地拥住或环抱：cradled the cat in his arms.怀抱着小猫
- To reap (grain) with a cradle.收割：用附有摇篮架的大镰刀收割（作物）
- To place or support (a ship, for example) in a cradle.置于支架上：用支架放置或支撑（如船只）
- To wash (gold-bearing dirt) in a cradle.在洗矿槽中淘洗（含金土）
v.intr.Obsolete（不及物动词）【废语】- To lie in or as if in a cradle.躺在摇篮里：躺在摇篮中或象是躺在摇篮中
- Middle English cradel 中古英语 cradel
- from Old English 源自 古英语
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