英语词汇“swaddle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	swaddle
释义	swad·dle I. \ˈswäd^əl also -wȯd-\ transitive verb (swaddled ; swaddled ; swaddling \-d(^ə)liŋ\ ; swaddles) Etymology: Middle English swadelen, swathelen, probably alteration (influenced by swathen to swathe) of swedelen, swethelen to swaddle, from swethel swaddle, from Old English swethel, swæthel; akin to Middle Dutch swadel swaddle, Old High German swedil swaddle, Middle Low German swede bandage — more at swathe 1. a. : to wrap (an infant) with swaddling clothes < the baby is tightly swaddled in long strips of material holding its legs straight and its arms down by its sides — Patrick Mullahy > b. : to wrap completely or almost completely : swathe, envelop < had they swaddled the head in clothes … would it have ceased to bleed — Glenway Wescott > < an elderly lady swaddled in sealskin started a conversation with us — New Yorker > 2. : to restrain protectively or in a confining manner : restrict < his mother swaddles him with demure gentilities — Charles Lee > < liturgical style swaddles all improprieties — Samuel Yellen > 3. archaic : beat, thrash II. noun (-s) 1. : swaddling clothes 1 2. archaic : bandage
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