| 词汇 | swaddle |
| 释义 | swaddleWord family nounswaddlerverbswaddle Birth swad·dle /ˈswɒdl $ ˈswɑːdl/ verb [transitiveT] old-fashioned MBto wrap a baby tightly to keep it warm and protect it 用襁褓包裹〔婴孩〕 Examples from the Corpus swaddle• Not surprising since the industry itself was still in swaddling clothes.• It is a birth swaddled in deception, whose secret will not be shared by those most affected until decades have passed.• Where once this corner of the island was swaddled in green, a lunar landscape now stands.• I can only suggest, Bill, that you swaddle them both and keep them immobilised for a week.• Each morning I swaddled them in cotton wool and boxes of Band-Aids. (1400-1500) Probably from sweddle “to swaddle” ((13-17 centuries)), from Old English swethel “swaddling clothes” |
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