cradle
【词性】:n. 【释义】: ❶ 摇篮❷ 策源地,发源地〔Boston is often called the cradle of the American Revolution.波士顿常被称之为美国革命的摇篮。〕 ❸ 形似摇篮或用如摇篮之框架等〔the cradle for holding a telephone receiver电话听筒支架;a miner’s cradle for washing gold out of sand淘金槽,淘金器〕 ❹ 镰刀上所附设彀禾排列均匀的装置‖ v.置于摇篮中 |