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cradling 音標拼音: [kr'edəlɪŋ] [kr'edlɪŋ] n. 搖籃;保育;框;鞍座;船床 搖籃;保育;框;鞍座;船床 Cradle \ Cra" dle\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Cradled} (- d' ld); p. pr. & vb. n. { Cradling} (- dl? ng).] 1. To lay to rest, or rock, as in a cradle; to lull or quiet, as by rocking. [ 1913 Webster] It cradles their fears to sleep. -- D. A. Clark. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To nurse or train in infancy. [ 1913 Webster] He that hath been cradled in majesty will not leave the throne to play with beggars. -- Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To cut and lay with a cradle, as grain. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To transport a vessel by means of a cradle. [ 1913 Webster] In Lombardy . . . boats are cradled and transported over the grade. -- Knight. [ 1913 Webster] { To cradle a picture}, to put ribs across the back of a picture, to prevent the panels from warping. [ 1913 Webster]
Cradling \ Cra" dling\ (- dl? ng), n. 1. The act of using a cradle. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Coopering) Cutting a cask into two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being afterward united and rehooped. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Carp.) The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed. -- Knight. [ 1913 Webster]
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