英文美句D137：地球是人类的摇篮（但人类不会永远生活在摇篮里）

The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever.

地球是人类的摇篮，但人类不会永远生活在摇篮里。

——康斯坦丁·齐奥尔科夫斯基（著名的宇宙航行科学家）

【相关单词短语讲解】

1. cradle

[noun]

(1) 摇篮：a small bed for a baby which can be pushed gently from side to side

She rocked the baby to sleep in its cradle.

她摇动摇篮哄婴儿入睡。

(2) ~ of sth

策源地；发源地；发祥地：the place where sth important began

Greece, the cradle of Western civilization

希腊，西方文明的摇篮

(3) (BrE) （高楼外供清洁窗户等用的）吊架，托架，吊篮：a small platform that can be moved up and down the outside of a high building, used by people cleaning windows, etc.

(4)（电话机的）听筒架，叉托支架：the part of a telephone on which the receiver rests

I dropped the receiver back in the cradle.

我把听筒放回听筒架上。

[verb]

轻轻抱着：to hold sb/sth gently in your arms or hands

The old man cradled the tiny baby in his arms.

老汉把幼小的婴儿轻轻抱在怀里。

【与cradle有关的习语】

from the cradle to the grave

一生；一世；从生到死：a way of referring to the whole of a person"s life, from birth until death

The bond of brotherhood was one to last from the cradle to the grave.

兄弟之情会延续一辈子。

——《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

2. stay in

I have to stay in on weeknights.

除了星期六和星期日外我每天晚上都得待在家里。

——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

It"ll stay in my mind till my dying day.

它将长存我心，直到生命的终点。

——《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

Tom never wanted to stay in one place for very long, so they were always on the move.

汤姆从不想在一个地方待太久，所以他们总在奔波辗转。

——《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》