¿Significado visual de 'cradles'? - aprender con imágenes, ejemplos de la vida diaria

noun

Cuna

A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.

"The nursery was filled with soft light, and gentle music played as the mother carefully placed her newborn in one of the two cradles prepared for the twins. "

La guardería estaba llena de luz suave, y una música suave sonaba mientras la madre colocaba cuidadosamente a su recién nacido en una de las dos cunas preparadas para los gemelos.

family item utensil

noun

Cuna, origen

The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.

"a cradle of crime"

una cuna del crimen

history place culture tradition

noun

Infancia, primera infancia

Infancy, or very early life.

"from the cradle to the grave"

De la cuna a la tumba

age family human period

noun

Guadaña con rastrillo

An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath.

"The farmer carefully sharpened his cradles before heading out to harvest the wheat. "

El granjero afiló cuidadosamente su guadaña con rastrillo antes de salir a cosechar el trigo.

agriculture utensil machine work

noun

Cuna

A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.

"The artist used a variety of cradles to roughen the copper plate before beginning the mezzotint. "

El artista utilizó una variedad de cunas para rugir la placa de cobre antes de comenzar el mezzotinto.

art utensil technical

noun

Cuna, armazón

A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship.

"The shipyard used massive cradles to carefully lower the newly built ship into the water. "

El astillero utilizó enormes armazones para bajar cuidadosamente el barco recién construido al agua.

nautical technology machine vehicle sailing

noun

Férulas, soportes

A case for a broken or dislocated limb.

"The doctor carefully applied the two cradles to support the patient's fractured wrist and forearm. "

El médico aplicó cuidadosamente las dos férulas para sostener la muñeca y el antebrazo fracturados del paciente.

medicine body aid

noun

Marco de la cama

A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the sensitive parts of an injured person.

"After surgery, the patient used cradles to keep the heavy blanket from touching their sensitive legs. "

Después de la cirugía, el paciente usó el marco de la cama para evitar que la manta pesada tocara sus piernas sensibles.

medicine device anatomy

noun

Cuna, criba

A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth.

"During the California Gold Rush, miners used cradles to separate gold from the dirt and gravel. "

Durante la fiebre del oro de California, los mineros usaban cribas para separar el oro de la tierra y la grava.

machine geology industry technology

noun

Jaulas, andamios colgantes

A suspended scaffold used in shafts.

"The miners used cradles to descend deep into the mine shaft. "

Los mineros usaban jaulas para descender a las profundidades del pozo de la mina.

building technical industry

noun

Encofrados

A ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.

"The plaster ceiling of the old church was supported by a network of wooden cradles. "

El techo de yeso de la antigua iglesia estaba sostenido por una red de encofrados de madera.

architecture building material

noun

Cuna de salvamento, cesta de salvamento

A basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck.

"The cradle was ill-made. One victim fell into the sea and was lost and the ensuing delay cost three more lives."

La cuna de salvamento estaba mal hecha. Una víctima cayó al mar y se perdió, y el retraso resultante costó tres vidas más.

nautical disaster aid technology vehicle device machine ocean

noun

Base, soporte

A rest for the receiver of a telephone, or for certain computer hardware.

"He slammed the handset into the cradle."

Él azotó el auricular en la base.

technology electronics computing communication device machine

noun

Cuna

(contact juggling) A hand position allowing a contact ball to be held steadily on the back of the hand.

"The contact juggler carefully shifted his hand, so that the sphere nestled securely in the cradles of his fingers on the back of his hand. "

El malabarista de contacto movió cuidadosamente su mano, de modo que la esfera se acomodó de forma segura en las cunas de sus dedos en el dorso de la mano.

sport entertainment action position