swaddling clothes

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A garment, made of strips of cloth, used to bind an infant and restrict movement of its limbs. plural,plural-only
  2. An early period in development, infancy, the beginnings of something; inception. idiomatic,plural,plural-only
    — The steel—industry wore swaddling clothes when the first walkout occurred exactly 100 years ago.
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