cot death

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ˈcot ˌdeath noun [countable]  MIMX British English the sudden and unexpected death of a baby while it is sleeping 婴儿猝死 SYN American English crib death

Examples from the Corpus

cot death• The results of this study suggest that the incidence of cot death can be reduced.• This may give some clues on how overheating contributes to cot death.• High Road has tackled all kinds of issues from pit bull terrier fighting to cot death in order to illuminate character.• The New Zealand cot death study was a nationwide case-control study carried out from 1 November 1987 to 31 October 1990.

ˈcot ˌdeath nounChineseSyllable  

and death the sudden of Corpus unexpected

cot death
ˈcot ˌdeath noun [countable]
British English the sudden and unexpected death of a baby while it is sleeping
   SYN  crib death American English

cot deathBrE /ˈkɒt deθ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkɑːt deθ/ 🔊 (BrE) (NAmE ˈcrib death) noun [uncountable, countable] the sudden death while sleeping of a baby that appears to be healthy 婴儿猝死