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cuddle

verb

🔊/ˈkʌdl/

🔊/ˈkʌdl/

[intransitive, transitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they cuddle	🔊/ˈkʌdl/ 🔊/ˈkʌdl/
he / she / it cuddles	🔊/ˈkʌdlz/ 🔊/ˈkʌdlz/
past simple cuddled	🔊/ˈkʌdld/ 🔊/ˈkʌdld/
past participle cuddled	🔊/ˈkʌdld/ 🔊/ˈkʌdld/
-ing form cuddling	🔊/ˈkʌdlɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈkʌdlɪŋ/

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to hold somebody/something close in your arms to show love 拥抱；搂抱synonym hug
- A couple of teenagers were kissing and cuddling on the doorstep.一对年轻人在门阶上亲吻拥抱。🔊🔊
- cuddle something (+ adj.) The little boy cuddled the teddy bear close.小男孩紧紧地搂着玩具熊。🔊🔊
Topics Family and relationshipsc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Cuddle is used with these nouns as the object:
baby
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Word Originearly 16th cent. (rare before the 18th cent.): of unknown origin.

cuddle

noun

🔊/ˈkʌdl/

🔊/ˈkʌdl/

[usually singular]

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the action of holding somebody close in your arms to show love 拥抱；搂抱synonym hug
- He gave her a big cuddle and told her not to worry.他紧紧抱住她，让她不要担心。
Extra Examples
- Give Mummy a big cuddle.给妈妈一个紧紧的拥抱。
- He just wants a comforting kiss and a cuddle and he'll be all right.他只想要别人安慰性地吻他一下、抱他一下，这样他就会好起来。
- They were having a cuddle on the sofa.他们在沙发上拥抱。
- She gave him a cuddle.她紧紧地拥抱了他。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- big
verb + cuddle
- have
- give
phrases
- a kiss and a cuddle
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Word Originearly 16th cent. (rare before the 18th cent.): of unknown origin.