cradle [ 'kreidliŋ ]

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

    同义词： birthplace place of origin provenance provenience

  • 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

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