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swaddle

verb
🔊/ˈswɒdl/
🔊/ˈswɑːdl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they swaddle
🔊/ˈswɒdl/
🔊/ˈswɑːdl/
he / she / it swaddles
🔊/ˈswɒdlz/
🔊/ˈswɑːdlz/
past simple swaddled
🔊/ˈswɒdld/
🔊/ˈswɑːdld/
past participle swaddled
🔊/ˈswɒdld/
🔊/ˈswɑːdld/
-ing form swaddling
🔊/ˈswɒdlɪŋ/
🔊/ˈswɑːdlɪŋ/
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  1. swaddle somebody/something to wrap somebody/something, especially a baby, tightly in clothes or a piece of cloth（用衣服或布）紧裹，包裹（尤指婴儿）
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySwaddle is used with these nouns as the object:
    • baby
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    Word OriginMiddle English: frequentative of the verbswathe.