Английский Этимологический словарь - cradle
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Cradle
cradle
- O.E. cradol "little bed," from P.Gmc. *kradulas "basket." Cat's cradle is from 1768.
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~1 n 1 »BED« a small bed for a baby, especially one that you can move gently from side to side (She rocked the cradle to quieten the child.) 2 the cradle of the place where something important began (Athens is often regarded as the cradle of democracy.) 3 from/in the cradle from or in the earliest years of your life (Sara had learned that language from the cradle.) 4 from the cradle to the grave all through your life (a promise of security from the cradle to the grave) 5 BrE a structure that people working on the sides of high buildings stand in which can be moved up and down (a window-cleaner's cradle) 6 the part of a telephone where the part that you hold in your hand is put when it is not being used (- see also cat's cradle, rob the cradle rob (5)) ~2 v to hold something gently in your hands or arms, as if to protect it (John cradled the baby in his arms. | The wine-glass looked tiny cradled in his big hands.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(cradles, cradling, cradled) 1. A cradle is a baby’s bed with high sides. Cradles often have curved bases so that they rock from side to side. = crib N-COUNT 2. The cradle is the part of a telephone on which the receiver rests while it is not being used. I dropped the receiver back in the cradle. N-COUNT 3. A cradle is a frame which supports or protects something. He fixed the towing cradle round the hull. N-COUNT 4. A place that is referred to as the cradle of something is the place where it began. Mali is the cradle of some of Africa’s richest civilizations. N-COUNT: usu sing, the N of n 5. If you cradle someone or something in your arms or hands, you hold them carefully and gently. I cradled her in my arms... He was sitting at the big table cradling a large bowl of milky coffee. VERB: V n in n, V n 6. If something affects you from the cradle to the grave, it affects you throughout your life. The bond of brotherhood was one to last from the cradle to the grave. PHRASE: PHR after v ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English cradel, from Old English cradol; perhaps akin to Old High German kratto basket, Sanskrit grantha knot Date: before 12th century 1. a. a bed or cot for a baby usually on rockers or pivots b. a framework or support suggestive of a baby's ~: as (1) a framework of bars and rods (2) the support for a telephone receiver or handset c. an implement with rods like fingers attached to a scythe and used formerly for harvesting grain d. a frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with an injured part of the body 2. a. the earliest period of life ; infancy from the ~ to the grave b. a place of origin the ~ of civilization 3. a rocking device used in panning for gold II. verb (~d; cradling) Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. to place or keep in or as if in a ~ b. shelter, rear c. to support protectively or intimately cradling the injured man's head in her arms 2. to cut (grain) with a ~ scythe 3. to place, raise, support, or transport on a ~ intransitive verb obsolete to rest in or as if in a ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a a child's bed or cot, esp. one mounted on rockers. b a place in which a thing begins, esp. a civilization etc., or is nurtured in its infancy (cradle of choral singing; cradle of democracy). 2 a framework resembling a cradle, esp.: a that on which a ship, a boat, etc., rests during construction or repairs. b that on which a worker is suspended to work on a ceiling, a ship, the vertical side of a building, etc. c the part of a telephone on which the receiver rests when not in use. --v.tr. 1 contain or shelter as if in a cradle (cradled his head in her arms). 2 place in a cradle. Phrases and idioms cradle-snatcher sl. a person amorously attached to a much younger person. cradle-song a lullaby. from the cradle from infancy. from the cradle to the grave from infancy till death (esp. of State welfare). Etymology: OE cradol, perh. rel. to OHG kratto basket ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) люлька 2) лотковая опора (трубопровода) 3) горн. подвесной полок (в стволе) 4) лоток (для промывки золота) 5) машиностр. опора; подушка; рама 6) метал. карман, лоток 7) возд. ложемент 8) мор. спусковые салазки; шлюпочный кильблок - beef cradle - boat cradle - converter cradle - launching cradle - log cradle - perforated cooking cradle - pipeline cradle - pump cradle - reject cradle - roll cradle - slipway cradle - stacking cradle - tapping-ladle cradle - tilting cradle - tool storage cradle - wing cradle - working cradle ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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тележка (эллинга или слипа) седловая опора (трубопровода) люлька опора; подушка; лотковая опора (трубопровода) fascine cradle ...Англо-русский строительный словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английски словарь по телекоммуникациям
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1) колыбель 2) строит. люлька 3) горн. лоток для промывки золотоносного песка мыть золото 4) опора; подушка; рама 5) класть или вешать трубку (телефона) - launching cradle - receiver cradle ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. колыбель, люлька from the cradle —- с колыбели, прирожденный orator from the cradle —- прирожденный оратор the cradle of the deep —- море 2. истоки, начало; колыбель Greece, the cradle of European culture —- Греция, колыбель европейской культуры from the cradle to the grave —- от колыбели до могилы, всю жизнь the cradle of civilization —- истоки цивилизации the sea was the cradle of life —- жизнь зародилась в море 3. рычаг (телефона) he dropped the receiver into its cradle —- он положил трубку на рычаг 4. тех. рама, опора 5. горн. лоток для промывки золотоносного песка 6. мор. спусковые салазки 7. мед. шина, поддержка 8. воен. люлька Id: to rob the cradle —- жениться на молоденькой; выйти замуж за человека значительно моложе себя 9. качать в люльке; убаюкивать to cradle a child in one's arms —- качать ребенка на руках 10. воспитывать с раннего детства, с младенчества to be cradled in luxury —- вырасти в роскоши 11. класть на рычаг to cradle the telephone receiver —- положить трубку 12. горн. промывать (золотой песок) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) колыбель, люлька - from the cradle from the cradle to the grave всю жизнь 2) начало; истоки; младенчество the cradle of civilization - истоки цивилизации 3) рычаг (телефона) he dropped the receiver into its cradle - он положил трубку 4) tech. рама, опора 5) mil. люлька (орудия) 6) mining лоток для промывки золотоносного песка 7) naut. спусковые салазки 2. v. 1) качать в люльке; убаюкивать 2) воспитывать с самого раннего детства 3) mining промывать (золотой песок) ...Англо-русский словарь
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