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单词 cat's cradles
释义

cat's cradle

noun

1
: a game in which a string looped in a pattern like a cradle on the fingers of one person's hands is transferred to the hands of another so as to form a different figure
2
: something that is intricate, complicated, or elaborate
a cat's cradle of red tape

Illustration of cat's cradle

Illustration of cat's cradle
  • cat's cradle 1

Example Sentences

a cat's cradle of government regulations

Word History

First Known Use

1754, in the meaning defined at sense 1

cat's cradles

noun

plural of cat's cradle
as in labyrinths

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • labyrinths
  • mazes
  • tangles
  • snarls
  • tanglements
  • meshes
  • cobwebs
  • spiderwebs
  • toils
  • knots
  • nets
  • entanglements
  • webs
  • traps
  • quicksands
  • snares
  • morasses
  • nooses
  • quagmires
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