cradling

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act by which one cradles a child etc.
    — About four thousand cradlings were observed among five mother-infant pairs during the first 15 weeks of each infant's life.
  2. The act of using a cradle (the tool).
  3. The cutting of a cask into two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being afterwards united and rehooped.
  4. The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed.
    — the ceiling of the circular part is deeply panelled, the main ribs forming the core for the cradling
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of cradle form-of,gerund,participle,present
    — The woman was cradling the baby in the crook of her arm as she fed it.

词形变化

cradlings plural
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