来自古英语 swathian,包裹，裹紧，词源同 swathe,带子，长条布。-le, 表反复。字母 d,th 音 变，如 burden 来自古英语 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 swaþian (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.
- 2. Concentric nothingnesses swaddle my heart, a bell that never rings.
- 一层层同心的虚无是我心的襁褓, 裹着一口永不敲响的钟.
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