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cradle

英 ['kreɪd(ə)l] 美['kredl]
  • n. 摇篮;发源地;发祥地;支船架
  • vt. 抚育;把...搁在支架上;把...放在摇篮内

英英释意


1. a baby bed with sides and rockers
2. where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence;
"the birthplace of civilization"
3. birth of a person;
"he was taught from the cradle never to cry"
4. a trough on rockers used by gold miners to shake earth in water in order to separate the gold