Cradle
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n. 摇篮;发源地，发祥地;吊架，支架;婴儿时期;
vt. 将…置于摇篮中;轻轻地抱或捧;抚养;把…搁在支架上;
📝 例句
the cradle of civilization
文化发源地
What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave.
孩提时代学到的东西，至死不忘。
He place the receiver back on the cradle, lost in some reflection.
他挂上了听筒，茫然若有所思地站了一会儿。
Ancient Athens is said to be the cradle of democracy.
据说古代雅典是民主的摇篮。
O! The Huanghe (River), cradle of the Chinese nation.
啊！黄河，你是中华民族的摇篮。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ candle-蜡烛,cradle-摇篮:烛光摇曳,母亲看着摇篮里睡熟的婴儿
※ cr-拼音“超人”,ad-广告,le-拼音“了”:超人从广告中找到了发源地
※ cr-拼音“超人”,a-一,dle-拼音“大了”:超人一长大了就离开了摇篮
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
cradle
n
1 small bed for a baby, usu shaped like a box with curved parts underneath so that it can move from side to side 摇篮
The mother rocked the baby to sleep in its cradle. 母亲摇动摇篮使婴儿入睡. =>illus at App 1 见附录1之插图, page xvi.
2 ~ of sth (usu sing 通常作单数) (fig 比喻) place where sth begins 发源地; 策源地; 发祥地
Greece, the cradle of Western culture. 希腊, 西方文化的发源地.
3
(a) framework that looks like or is used like a cradle, eg the structure on which a ship rests while it is being repaired or built 形状或用途近似摇篮的框架（如修造船舶时用以支承的托架）.
(b) platform that can be moved up and down an outside wall by means of ropes and pulleys, used by window-cleaners, painters, etc （擦窗工人、 油漆工人等使用的依靠绳索及滑轮可沿外墙上下移动的）吊架, 吊篮.
4 part of a telephone on which the receiver rests （电话机的）听筒架, 叉簧.
5 (idm 习语) from the ,cradle to the `grave from birth to death 从生到死; 一生. cradle, v [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb/sth (in sth) place or hold sb/sth (as if) in a cradle 将某人[某物]（如同）置於摇篮中
cradle a child in one's arms, ie hold it gently, esp rocking it from side to side 把孩子抱在怀里轻轻摇晃.
🎯 考研助记
cra(谐音cry哭)+dle(谐音兜):将爱哭的孩子放在兜一样的 摇篮里它就不哭了 网友：yqy 补充：“跪到”（湖北方言，kuidou,谐音）:朝发源地跪着
🔁 扩展释义
*['kreidl]n. 摇篮, 发祥地, 孩提时代vt. 放在摇篮内, 抚育vi. 刈割【医】 支架; 摇床相关词组: from the cradle to the grave in the cradle from the cradle
📖 同为「博士」词汇
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It's nice to be alone with you, Grandpa.
很高兴单独与你在一起， 爷爷。
You must come right away.
你必须马上过来。
No, thanks. It's big, but it isn't heavy. It's light.
不用了，谢谢，是大盒子，但不重。很轻。