swaddling clothes
短语
大学
n. 襁褓, 襁褓期; 褯
发音
AU
词形变化
only
复数
教材释义与例句
名词
包裹婴儿的布；襁褓
名词
婴儿服；襁褓裹布；细长包布
释义与例句
n.
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1.
A garment, made of strips of cloth, used to bind an infant and restrict movement of its limbs.
襁褓
仅复数 -
2.
An early period in development, infancy, the beginnings of something; inception.
习语 仅复数The steel—industry wore swaddling clothes when the first walkout occurred exactly 100 years ago.
1954, Academy Site May Be Chosen May 15, St Petersburg Times, 11 May issue The Air Force Academy, baby brother to West Point and Annapolis, is crawling out of its swaddling clothes.