Word · Frequency #9753
cradle
摇篮
核心释义
A baby's bed that rocks on rockers or swings on pivots.
- 1.
婴儿床或摇篮
A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.
- 2.
起源地,或在早期阶段被培育或保护的地方
The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.
- 3.
婴儿期或早期生活
Infancy, or very early life.
- 4.
一种用于割谷物的宽镰刀,带有一组与镰刀平行的长指,用于接收谷物并均匀地铺成一条
An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath.
- 5.
一种用于铜版画的工具,通过摇动动作在板面上产生毛刺,以准备地面
A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so as to prepare the ground.
- 6.
由木材或铁条组成的框架,移动在轨道或滚轮上,用于支撑、提升或运送船只或其他船只、重炮等,如沿斜坡或跨越一段陆地,或在下水时
A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship.
- 7.
用于固定骨折或脱臼肢体的支架
A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
- 8.
用于保护受伤者敏感部位的床架
A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the sensitive parts of an injured person.
- 9.
用于淘洗含金土壤的摇床
A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth.
- 10.
用于井下的悬挂脚手架
A suspended scaffold used in shafts.
- 11.
用于拱顶和拱门的肋骨结构
A ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.
- 12.
用于从失事船只上救人的篮子或装置
A basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck.
- 13.
电话或某些计算机硬件的支架
A rest for the receiver of a telephone, or for certain computer hardware.
- 14.
手部姿势以稳住手背上的接触球
A hand position allowing a contact ball to be held steadily on the back of the hand.
- 15.
用于倾斜和倒酒瓶的机械装置
A mechanical device for tilting and decanting a bottle of wine.
发源地；发祥地；婴儿期；幼年时代；带指架的镰刀；（美柔汀版画用的）摇凿；（船舶、大炮等的）移动式支架
用法In use
The baby slept peacefully in her cradle.
用法提示：这里'cradle'指婴儿床，是字面意思。
Ancient Greece is often called the cradle of Western civilization.
用法提示：这里'cradle'是比喻用法，意为发源地或发祥地。
She has been interested in music from the cradle.
用法提示：这里'from the cradle'是固定短语，表示自幼。
the cradle of sth
of 后接被孕育或起源的事物，表示“……的发源地、发祥地”。
This region is regarded as the cradle of Chinese civilization.
这一地区被视为中华文明的发源地。
in its cradle
用于事物时表示“处于早期阶段、尚未发展成熟”，常与 still 连用。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- the cradle of civilization
- 文明的摇篮
- Ancient Mesopotamia is often called the cradle of civilization.古代美索不达米亚常被称为文明的摇篮。
- from the cradle to the grave
- 从摇篮到坟墓；一生
- The new policy aims to support citizens from the cradle to the grave.新政策旨在为公民提供从摇篮到坟墓的支持。
- rock the cradle
- 摇摇篮
- She gently rocked the cradle until the baby fell asleep.她轻轻摇着摇篮，直到婴儿睡着。
- strangle in the cradle
- 扼杀在摇篮里
- The protest movement was strangled in the cradle by the authorities.抗议运动被当局扼杀在摇篮里。
- cradle song
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
摇篮(cradle)是婴儿的床，也是文明的发祥地。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：婴儿房、比喻起源、文学写作 该词作为名词有不同义项，使用时正式程度略有差异：具体义项“摇篮”为中性，比喻义“发祥地”及“孩提时代”较正式，因此整体注册标记为混合。
语法说明Grammar Note
作为名词，cradle是可数名词，可指摇篮或发源地。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Only 'ladle' (/ˈleɪdl/) rhymes exactly with 'cradle' (/ˈkreɪdl/). Words like 'candle', 'handle', 'paddle', 'saddle', 'middle' share the spelling ending '-dle' but have different vowel sounds.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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