swaddle
英 ['swɒd(ə)l]
美['swɑdl]
释义
vt. 用襁褓包；束缚
n. 襁褓
词态变化
第三人称单数: swaddles;过去式: swaddled;过去分词: swaddled;现在分词: swaddling;
近义词
中文词源
swaddle 包裹，紧裹来自古英语 swathian,包裹，裹紧，词源同 swathe,带子，长条布。-le, 表反复。字母 d,th 音 变，如 burden 来自古英语 byrthen.
英文词源
- swaddle (v.)
- "bind with long strips of cloth," late 15c. alteration of Middle English swathlen (c. 1200), probably a frequentative form of Old English swaþian (see swathe). Related: Swaddled; swaddling. Phrase swaddling clothes is from Coverdale (1535) translation of Luke ii:7.
Young children ... are still bandaged in this manner in many parts of Europe to prevent them from using their limbs freely, owing to a fancy that those who are left free in infancy become deformed. [Century Dictionary, 1891]
Wyclif uses swathing-clothes (late 14c.).
双语例句
- 1. Swaddle your newborn baby so that she feels secure.
- 把你刚出生的孩子用襁褓包裹住，这样她会有安全感。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Concentric nothingnesses swaddle my heart, a bell that never rings.
- 一层层同心的虚无是我心的襁褓, 裹着一口永不敲响的钟.
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英英释意
- 1. wrap in swaddling clothes;
- "swadddle the infant"
实用场景例句
- Swaddle your newborn baby so that she feels secure.
- 把你刚出生的孩子用襁褓包裹住，这样她会有安全感。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a baby swaddled in silk brocade.
- 用丝缎包裹的婴儿
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Concentric nothingnesses swaddle my heart, a bell that never rings.
- 一层层同心的虚无是我心的襁褓, 裹着一口永不敲响的钟.
期刊摘选
- Swaddle your newborn baby so that she feels secure.
- 把你刚出生的孩子用襁褓包裹住，这样她会有安全感。
柯林斯例句
