lullaby

英 ['lʌləbaɪ]美 ['lʌlə'bai]
  • n. 摇篮曲；催眠曲
  • vt. 唱摇篮曲使入睡
TEM8 GRE 畅通词汇

中文词源

lullaby 摇篮曲

lull,催眠，哄小孩入睡，by,再见。

英文词源

lullaby (n.)
1560s, lulley by, from Middle English lollai, lullay, from lullen (see lull (v.)). Second element perhaps from by-by "good-by."

双语例句

1. Place your baby in her seat and play her a lullaby.
把宝宝放到座位上，给她弹一首摇篮曲。
来自柯林斯例句
2. She gently crooned a lullaby.
她轻声哼唱了一支摇篮曲。
来自《权威词典》
3. The mother was crooning a lullaby to her baby.
母亲正对着婴儿哼着摇篮曲.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4. The mother sang her baby a lullaby.
妈妈给孩子唱了一支催眠曲.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. The lullaby had the baby into the Land of Nod in half an hour.
催眠曲一下子就把小孩子送入了梦乡.
来自《简明英汉词典》