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

• China, as one of the world's oldest cradles of civilization, is famous for its etiquette.
  中国，作为世界上最古老的文明发源地之一，素以“礼仪之邦”著称与世。
• Let me see. uh, and all the cradles.
  让我想想，还有所有的摇篮。
• China is one of the earlist cradles of civilization and a visit to this ancient civilization has long been my dream.
  中国是最古老的文明摇篮之一，访问这个文明古国是我多年梦寐以求的愿望。
• Damage to or breakdown of docks, cradles and other like equipment;
  因船台、支架和其他类似设备的损坏或发生故障；
• Window cleaners are pulled up and down tall buildings on cradles.
  窗户清洁工乘坐能升降的吊篮清洗高层建筑物的窗子。
• 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。
• As one of the cradles of human civilization, China has all along maintained its cultural tradition without letup in its history of several thousand years.
  中国作为人类文化发祥地之一，在几千年的历史进程中，文化传统始终没有中断。
• She bent over their cradles, singing them to sleep.
  她俯身对着蜜儿的摇篮，唱歌哄他们入睡。
• In other words, the tropics do, indeed, act as cradles of biodiversity.
  换句话说，热带地区确实起着生物多样性之源的作用。
• To come to China, one of the early cradles of civilization, has long been my dream and therefore, I fell very honored to be your guest.
  访问中国这一古老文明的摇篮是我梦寐以求的愿望，我为自己能成为贵国的客人而深感荣幸。