释义 |
cat's cradleˌcat’s ˈcradle noun - A flashlight showed the creature roaring, teeth entangled in a cat's cradle of rope.
- As the drop-ship yawed away, fleeing, a hem of the cat's cradle dipped towards it.
- But not for long, for they make another pledge by tying themselves together in a cat's cradle.
- Gazzer looked down into that cat's cradle of turning metal.
- I sat on my cot, playing cat's cradle with handcuffs, and kept quiet.
- The boy stroked the girl's side, twisting the walkman lead around his fingers in a one-handed cat's cradle.
- Webs of dust made a cat's cradle about the space.
► Gamesboard, nouncatch, nouncat's cradle, nouncold, adjectiveconsolation prize, noundice, noundie, noundraw, verbfollow-my-leader, nounfriendly, noungame, noungyroscope, nounhome, nounhoopla, nounhopscotch, nounjigsaw, nounjump rope, nounmahjong, nounplayground, nounpoint, nounretire, verbroll, verbroll, nounRussian roulette, nounscoreboard, nounscorecard, nounshaker, nountag, nountiddlywinks, nountreasure hunt, nountrick, nountrivia, nounwarm, adjective 1[uncountable] a game you play by winding string around your fingers to make different patterns2[singular] a set of lines, threads etc that form a complicated pattern: The searchlights wove a cat’s cradle of light. |