cradles

The paradox of earth is that it cradles life and then entombs life.

大地的奥妙在于它既生长万物, 亦埋葬万物。

Greece was the cradle of Western culture.

西方文化的发源地。

Window cleaners are pulled up and down tall buildings on cradles.

窗户清洁工乘坐能升降的吊清洗高层建筑物的窗子。

I cradled the baby in my arms.

我轻轻地把婴儿抱到怀里摇晃着。

The child slept soundly in her cradle.

那孩子在摇里睡得很熟。

Sooner murder an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires.

有欲望而无行动等于把婴儿扼杀在摇之中。

She was cradling a small parcel in the crook of her elbow.

她用手臂挎着一个小裹。

Civilization was cradled somewhere in Asia.

文明发源于亚洲某地。

The baby slumbered in his cradle.

那婴儿安然地睡在摇中。

Remember to put the telephone back in the cradle when you've finished.

打完电话别忘了把话筒放回听筒架上。

He was cradled in luxury.

他幼年生长于奢华的环境之中。

Water is a lifespring, it is us the cradle of the life on this blue heavenly body and indicative.

人类的文明之舟,自古依水而行。水生命的源泉, 我们这个蓝色星球上生命的摇征。

Cradled in the sunlit lunar crescent, the night side of the Moon is faintly illuminated by earthshine -- sunlight reflected from planet Earth.

月球夜晚面位于太阳光照亮面上方，其也被地球反照光（地球反射太阳光）照亮。

Behind these beds, and half hidden, stood an uncurtained wicker cradle, in which the little boy who had cried all the evening lay asleep.

小床后面有个没有挂帐子的柳条摇，只露出一半，睡在摇里的便那个哭了一整夜的小男孩了。

The revanche du berceau (“revenge of the cradle”) dreamed of by some romantic nationalists as retaliation for the British conquest of 1759 didn't seem so far-fetched.

但一些理想的民族主义者以“摇的报复”来回击英国1759年的占领这一梦想，却似乎没有如此深远的影响。

And then Simon saw that what she had cradled, that which now dangled from an outflung hand, was a doll… a doll made from reeds and leaves and twining stems of grass.

这时，Simon看清了她刚才抱的什么，那个东西在她张开的一只手中，摇摆着，那一只玩偶……那只玩偶用芦苇树叶编成的，上面缠绕着草茎。

Third TaleA mother had her child taken from the cradle by elves.In its place they laid a changeling with a thick head and staring eyes who would do nothing but eat and drink.

只有急家长学生之所急、以人才市场为导向去培养学生，这样的大学才有光明的前途。