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搖籃
A cradle is a baby's bed with high sides. Cradles often have curved bases so that they rock from side to side.
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(電話機的)聽筒架
The cradle is the part of a telephone on which the receiver rests while it is not being used.
例句
I dropped the receiver back in the cradle.
我把聽筒放回聽筒架上。
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支架;護架
A cradle is a frame which supports or protects something.
例句
He fixed the towing cradle round the hull.
他把牽引支架固定在船體上。
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發源地;發祥地
A place that is referred to as the cradle of something is the place where it began.
例句
Mali is the cradle of some of Africa's richest civilizations.
馬里是非洲一些最悠久的文明的發祥地。
...New York, the cradle of capitalism.
紐約，資本主義的發源地
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VERB
輕輕抱著(或捧著)
If you cradle someone or something in your arms or hands, you hold them carefully and gently.
例句
I cradled her in my arms...
我把她輕輕地抱在懷里。
He was sitting at the big table cradling a large bowl of milky coffee.
他坐在一張大桌子旁，手里捧著一大碗加了牛奶的咖啡。
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PHRASE
一生;一世;從生到死
If something affects you from the cradle to the grave, it affects you throughout your life.
例句
The bond of brotherhood was one to last from the cradle to the grave.
兄弟之情會延續一輩子。