cradles的中文翻译是什么意思

N-COUNT摇篮

A cradle is a baby's bed with high sides. Cradles often have curved bases so that they rock from side to side.

N-COUNT(电话机的)听筒架

The cradle is the part of a telephone on which the receiver rests while it is not being used.

• I dropped the receiver back in the cradle.

  我把听筒放回听筒架上。

N-COUNT支架;护架

A cradle is a frame which supports or protects something.

• He fixed the towing cradle round the hull.

  他把牵引支架固定在船体上。

N-COUNT发源地;发祥地

A place that is referred to as the cradle of something is the place where it began.

• Mali is the cradle of some of Africa's richest civilizations.

  马里是非洲一些最悠久的文明的发祥地。

• ...New York, the cradle of capitalism.

  纽约，资本主义的发源地

VERB轻轻抱着(或捧着)

If you cradle someone or something in your arms or hands, you hold them carefully and gently.

• I cradled her in my arms...

  我把她轻轻地抱在怀里。

• He was sitting at the big table cradling a large bowl of milky coffee.

  他坐在一张大桌子旁，手里捧着一大碗加了牛奶的咖啡。

PHRASE一生;一世;从生到死

If something affects you from the cradle to the grave, it affects you throughout your life.

• The bond of brotherhood was one to last from the cradle to the grave.

  兄弟之情会延续一辈子。