cradle

名词 cradle:

1. a baby bed with sides and rockers
2. where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
   同义词：birthplace, place of origin, provenance, provenience
3. birth of a person
4. 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

动词 cradle:

1. hold gently and carefully
2. bring up from infancy
3. hold or place in or as if in a cradle
4. cut grain with a cradle scythe
5. wash in a cradle
6. run with the stick

1. The baby slumbered in his cradle.
   婴儿安睡在摇篮里。
2. The sea is thought to have been the cradle of life.
   人们认为海洋曾经是生命的发源地。

cra.dle

n.（名词）
A small low bed for an infant, often furnished with rockers.
摇篮：一种为婴儿准备的小而低矮的床，通常装有弯杆

The earliest period of life:
婴儿时期：人生的最早阶段：
例句：
from the cradle to the grave.
从生到死

A place of origin; a birthplace:
发源地；出生地：
例句：
the cradle of civilization.
文明的发源地

A framework of wood or metal used to support something, such as a ship undergoing construction or repair.
支架：用以支撑某物的木制或金属框架，如正在建造中或维修中的船只
A framework used to protect an injured limb.
护架：保护受伤的四肢的支架
A low flat framework that rolls on casters, used by a mechanic working beneath an automobile.Also called creeper
轮脚架：在汽车底下工作的修理工使用的、在脚轮上滚动的低平框架也作 creeper
The part of a telephone that contains the connecting switch upon which the receiver and mouthpiece unit is supported.
叉簧：电话机中包括接线开关、搁电话听筒和送话器的那部分

A frame projecting above a scythe, used to catch grain as it is cut so that it can be laid flat.
摇篮架：大镰刀上的突起框架，是用来使割下来的作物平整放置的配件
A scythe equipped with such a frame.
镰刀：装配有摇篮架的大镰刀
A boxlike device furnished with rockers, used for washing gold-bearing dirt.
洗矿槽：一种用来清洗含金土的带有弯杆的盒状器械
v.（动词）
cra.dled,cra.dling,cra.dles
v.tr.（及物动词）

To place or retain in or as if in a cradle.
放在摇篮里：把…放置或留在摇篮里或似摇篮物里
To care for or nurture in infancy.
抚养：在婴儿期照料或养育婴儿
To hold or support protectively:
紧抱：保护性地拥住或环抱：
例句：
cradled the cat in his arms.
怀抱着小猫

To reap (grain) with a cradle.
收割：用附有摇篮架的大镰刀收割（作物）
To place or support (a ship, for example) in a cradle.
置于支架上：用支架放置或支撑（如船只）
To wash (gold-bearing dirt) in a cradle.
在洗矿槽中淘洗（含金土）
v.intr.Obsolete （不及物动词）【废语】
To lie in or as if in a cradle.
躺在摇篮里：躺在摇篮中或象是躺在摇篮中

来源：
Middle English cradel
中古英语 cradel
from Old English
源自 古英语

【引伸】
cra.dler
n.（名词）