音标：['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
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cradle的短语、例句：
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.
cradle