释义 |
cat's cradle noun 1. : a game in which an endless string looped in a cradlelike pattern on the fingers of one person's hands is transferred to the hands of another in such a way as to form a different symmetrical figure at each transfer — compare string figure 2. a. : any of the figures formed with string in the game of cat's cradle b. : something resembling one of these figures especially in intricacy < trees … latticed and knitted and strung together by a cat's cradle of lianas and creepers — Nadine Gordimer > [cat's cradle 2a] |