cradling
英 ['kreɪdlɪŋ] 美 ['kreɪdəlɪŋ]

n.

摇篮，保育；吊篮作业；

英英释义

cradle[ 'kreidliŋ ]

• n.
  • a baby bed with sides and rockers
  • where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence

    同义词：birthplaceplace of originprovenanceprovenience

  • birth of a person

    "he was taught from the cradle never to cry"

  • a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold

    同义词：rocker

• v.
  • hold gently and carefully

    "He cradles the child in his arms"

  • bring up from infancy
  • hold or place in or as if in a cradle

    "He cradled the infant in his arms"

  • cut grain with a cradle scythe
  • wash in a cradle

    "cradle gold"

  • run with the stick

词组短语

in the cradle在摇篮里；在婴儿时期；初期

from the cradle自幼，从小

from cradle to grave 一生（等于from the cradle to the grave）

rob the cradle[美俚]劫摇篮；老牛吃嫩草；与比自己年轻地多的异性约会

权威例句

Self-cradling type portable terminal
Left-side cradling and brain lateralization.
The left-side cradling preference in great apes
Ear asymmetry and left-side cradling
Cradling and Transport of Infants by South African Mothers: A Cross-Cultural Study
Maternal cradling and infant nipple preferences in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)
Handedness as a major determinant of functional cradling bias.
Chimpanzee Hand Preference in Throwing and Infant Cradling: Implications for the Origin of Human Handedness
When left means right: an explanation of the left cradling bias in terms of right hemisphere specializations
Laterality in Maternal Cradling and Infant Positional Biases: Implications for the Development and Evolution of Hand Preferences in ...