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单词 cat's cradle
释义
cat's cradleˌcat’s ˈcradle noun Examples
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  • 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.
word sets
WORD SETS
board, 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.
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