cradle
🇺🇸
/ˈkreɪdl/
🇬🇧
/ˈkreɪdl/
noun
R
a small bed for a baby that rocks gently
The baby slept soundly in the cradle.
嬰兒在搖籃裡睡得很香。
R
the place where something important started
The cradle of democracy is ancient Greece.
民主的搖籃是古希臘。
R
a small platform that moves up and down a building for cleaning windows
The workers used a cradle to clean the tall building's windows.
工人們使用吊籃來清潔高樓窗戶。
R
the part of a phone where the handset rests
He placed the phone back in its cradle.
他把電話放回了聽筒架上。
verb
R
to hold something gently in your arms or hands
She cradled the baby in the soft cradle.
她溫柔地抱著嬰兒放在柔軟的搖籃裡。
translation
搖籃, 發源地, 吊籃, 聽筒架
輕輕抱著
詞形變化
3rd Present
cradles
Past
cradled
Perfect
cradled
Progressive
cradling
Plural
cradles