cuddle是什么意思，cuddle怎么用
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📰 外刊例句
Their hope is that this scale will allow them to survive an existential battle for viewers that makes “Godzilla vs. Kong” look like cautious cuddling . 它们希望这样的规模能让自己在攸关生死的观众争夺战中活下来——这场大战的激烈程度让《哥斯拉大战金刚》也显得只是小打小闹。
—— 《经济学人》
—— 《纽约时报》
📖 基本释义
[verb] hold close in one's arms as a way of showing love or affection
[动词] 紧紧搂在怀里以示爱意或钟爱
💡 深入解读
看到 cuddle 一词，老铁们不难联想起许多小站（微信公众号：田间小站）之前推过的与之结尾相同的单词来，诸如muddle
meddle
peddle
fiddle
straddle等，尤其是拼写上更进一步且含义也相近的huddle
The grumpy old woman cuddled the baby and eventually it stopped crying.具体来说， cuddle 一词最早出现于16世纪初，可能源自一种方言或育儿用语，指母亲或护士将孩子抱进怀里，以使其保持温暖、快乐和安静。发展到现在则泛化表示“拥抱、搂抱”，多指亲热或爱抚地紧紧搂在怀里以示爱意或钟爱，比如：那个脾气暴躁的老妇人搂着小孩，渐渐地孩子不哭了。
They sat in the back row of the cinema kissing and cuddling. Their affair was driven by pure lust.他们坐在影院后排，接吻搂抱。他们私通纯粹是受淫欲的驱使。
She cuddled up against him. The vestigial rays of the declining sun slanted through the narrow window.从这个概念出发， cuddle 还可以进一步用来表示“舒舒服服地搂着睡、依偎着躺在一起”，比如：她依偎着他。落日的余晖透过狭窄的窗户斜射进来。
The shy and reticent girl gave me a cuddle before I went to New York.用作名词时， cuddle 相应表示“ 拥抱、搂抱”，常作单数使用，多指长时间充满深情的拥抱，比如：在我去纽约之前，那个羞怯又寡言少语的女孩给了我一个深情的拥抱。
📚 名著用例
She puts the potato greedily into a pocket then links his arm, cuddling him with supple warmth. 她贪婪地把土豆塞进自己的衣兜，挽住他的臂，柔情缱绻地搂抱着他。
— 出自《爱尔兰现代主义作家詹姆斯·乔伊斯（James Joyce）于1922年出版的长篇小说《尤利西斯》（ Ulysses ）。下载本书请点击： 原版名著下载 | 尤利西斯（Ulysses）》
🔍 同近义词
- embrace: hold (someone) closely in one's arms, especially as a sign of affection
- caress: touch or stroke gently or lovingly
- nestle: settle or lie comfortably within or against something
