cuddle

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++cud·dle1 /ˈkʌdl/ verb [intransitive, transitive]  1 HOLDto hold someone or something very close to you with your arms around them, especially to show that you love them 〔尤指表示喜爱而〕抱，拥抱，搂抱 → hug Dawn and her boyfriend were cuddling on the sofa. 唐和她的男朋友在沙发上搂搂抱抱。► see thesaurus at hug2 cuddle up phrasal verb HOLDto lie or sit very close to someone or something 紧贴着身子躺[坐]，依偎 to/together The children cuddled up to each other for warmth. 孩子们互相依偎在一起取暖。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

cuddle• The sensitive child may dislike being tickled or cuddled.• She had fallen asleep in her chair, cuddling a little teddy bear.• Jenny sat on the couch, cuddling a stuffed toy dog.• The couple cuddled and kissed all through dinner.• His sister Shantel cuddled close to him.• The young nurses were very kind and would kiss and cuddle her.• Stuart wriggled as she cuddled him.• He attacked the couple as they cuddled in their car at a remote beauty spot.• They were kissing and cuddling on the sofa.• I wouldn't really fancy that - it'd be no good to cuddle or nothing.• Working-class women cuddled their babies up in the warm as women had done for millions of years.• Relax by cuddling your knees, then repeat.cuddle2 noun [singular]  1 HOLDan act of cuddling someone 拥抱，搂抱 → hug Come over here and let me give you a cuddle. 过来，让我拥抱你一下。

Examples from the Corpus

cuddle• Diana was treated with kid gloves when all she needed was some sensible advice, a cuddle and a consoling word.• To a child, Mrs Burrows, a slap is as good as a cuddle.• She was giving the baby a cuddle.• Father immediately suggested that Jenny go and sit on his lap and he gave her a big cuddle.• Or a cosy cuddle without all that ear-bashing.• I used to give him the odd cuddle and I used to give him lifts home on my bike.• And, above all, provide plenty of cuddles, consolation, and enthusiastic, encouragement for every achievement!give ... cuddle• She should have given Lily a cuddle.• Even though Marci gets to give him a cuddle from time to time and wash his favourite bright red undies.• She comes up to the house and starts bellowing, and just will not stop until you give her a cuddle!Origin cuddle1 (1500-1600) Perhaps from cull, coll “to hug” ((14-18 centuries)), from Old French coler, from col “neck”

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cud‧dle¹ /ˈkʌdl/ verb [intransitive and transitive]to hold someone or something very close to you with your arms around them, especially to show that you love them ⇨ hug:
    Dawn and her boyfriend were cuddling on the sofa.
     
cuddle up phrasal verb
  to lie or sit very close to someone or something
    cuddle up to/together
    The children cuddled up to each other for warmth.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ hug (also give somebody a hug) to put your arms around someone and hold them tightly to show love or friendship: Mother hugged him and tucked him into bed. | Come here and give me a big hug.
   ▪ embrace to put your arms around someone and hold him or her in a caring way. Embrace is more formal than hug: Jason warmly embraced his son. | The two leaders embraced each other.
   ▪ cuddle to put your arms around someone or something as a sign of love, especially a child or a small animal: She sat on a chair, cuddling her daughter. | He cuddled the puppy.
   ▪ put your arms around somebody to hold someone closely to your body, especially to comfort them or show that you love them: The woman put her arms around the sobbing boy.
   ▪ cradle written to hold someone very gently in your arms, like you would hold a baby: She held the baby in her arms. | She cradled his head in her hands and kissed him on the forehead

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cuddle² noun [singular]
an act of cuddling someone ⇨ hug:
    Come over here and let me give you a cuddle.