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swaddle

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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swad·dle /ˈswɒdl $ ˈswɑːdl/ verb [transitive] old-fashioned  MBto wrap a baby tightly to keep it warm and protect it 用襁褓包裹〔婴孩〕
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Examples from the Corpus
swaddleNot 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.
Origin swaddle (1400-1500) Probably from sweddle to swaddle ((13-17 centuries)), from Old English swethel swaddling clothes
swad·dle verbChineseSyllable
to tightly wrap it baby Corpus warm a to keep


swaddle
swaddle /ˈswɒdl $ ˈswɑːdl/ verb [transitive] old-fashioned
 Date: 1400-1500
 Origin: Probably from sweddle 'to swaddle' (13-17 centuries), from Old English swethel 'swaddling clothes'
to wrap a baby tightly to keep it warm and protect it


swad·dleBrE /ˈswɒdl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈswɑːdl/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they swaddle BrE /ˈswɒdl/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈswɑːdl/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it swaddles BrE /ˈswɒdlz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈswɑːdlz/ 🔊past simple swaddled BrE /ˈswɒdld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈswɑːdld/ 🔊past participle swaddled BrE /ˈswɒdld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈswɑːdld/ 🔊 -ing form swaddling BrE /ˈswɒdlɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈswɑːdlɪŋ/ 🔊~ sb/sth (old-fashioned) to wrap sb/sth, especially a baby, tightly in clothes or a piece of cloth (用衣服或布)紧裹,包裹(尤指婴儿)