mollycoddle
美音:[´mɔlı´kɔdəl
]
英音:[´mɔlı´kɔdəl
]
n.娇惯的男人,懦夫 vt.溺爱,娇生惯养
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mollycoddle为短语/超纲词汇
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名词:mollycoddler 动词过去式:mollycoddled 过去分词:mollycoddled 现在分词:mollycoddling 第三人称单数:mollycoddles
mollycoddle
/'mɒlɪkɒdl; `mɑlɪ,kɑdl/
v [Tn] (derog 贬) treat (sb) with too much kindness and protection; pamper 娇宠, 溺爱, 纵容（某人）
*He doesn't believe that children should be mollycoddled. 他认为不应溺爱儿童.
v [Tn] (derog 贬) treat (sb) with too much kindness and protection; pamper 娇宠, 溺爱, 纵容（某人）
*He doesn't believe that children should be mollycoddled. 他认为不应溺爱儿童.
mollycoddle
v [T]
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: mollycoddle 'someone treated too kindly' (19-21 centuries), from Molly a female name + coddle]
to treat someone too kindly and to protect them too much from anything unpleasant
He had been mollycoddled as a young boy.
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: mollycoddle 'someone treated too kindly' (19-21 centuries), from Molly a female name + coddle]
to treat someone too kindly and to protect them too much from anything unpleasant
He had been mollycoddled as a young boy.
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