• vt. 用襁褓包；束縛
• n. 襁褓

來自古英語 swathian,包裹，裹緊，詞源同 swathe,帶子，長(zhǎng)條布。-le, 表反復(fù)。字母 d,th 音 變，如 burden 來自古英語 byrthen.

swaddle (v.)

"bind with long strips of cloth," late 15c. alteration of Middle English swathlen (c. 1200), probably a frequentative form of Old English swatian (see swathe). Related: Swaddled; swaddling. Phrase swaddling clothes is from Coverdale (1535) translation of Luke ii:7.

Young children ... are still bandaged in this manner in many parts of Europe to prevent them from using their limbs freely, owing to a fancy that those who are left free in infancy become deformed. [Century Dictionary, 1891]

Wyclif uses swathing-clothes (late 14c.).

1. Swaddle your newborn baby so that she feels secure.

把你剛出生的孩子用襁褓包裹住，這樣她會(huì)有安全感。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Concentric nothingnesses swaddle my heart, a bell that never rings.

一層層同心的虛無是我心的襁褓, 裹著一口永不敲響的鐘.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)