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coddle v.娇养；溺爱；用文火煮 (1) 他病后需要悉心照料。(2) 我不愿意溺爱这个孩子。(3) 他从不去讨好上司。 Coddle is an old word. Originally, it meant to cook gently in water that is near boiling, as in coddling an egg. It most likely gained its association with pampering and taking care of someone via a drink made for invalids that was prepared by coddling. “Mollycoddle,” a synonym for coddle, originally meant a person who coddles himself, or an effeminate man.

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英 ['kɒdl] 美 ['kɑːdl] (1) He'll need to be coddled after his illness.(2) I would not coddle the child.(3) He never go to coddle his superior. While it is okay for parents to coddle, spoil, or pamper a young child, it’s a little unnerving when parents coddle, or pamper adult children. And downright weird when adult children wear Pampers. 1[VERB 动词]溺爱；娇纵 To coddle someone means to treat them too kindly or protect them too much.   [V n]  [disapproval]She coddled her youngest son madly...她对小儿子过于溺爱。The warders' union has been denouncing the government for coddling prisoners.狱警联盟一直谴责政府姑息犯人。

英语单词	coddle
英美音标	英 ['kɒdl] 美 ['kɑːdl]
中文释义	v.娇养；溺爱；用文火煮
英语例句	(1) He'll need to be coddled after his illness. (2) I would not coddle the child. (3) He never go to coddle his superior.
中文例句	(1) 他病后需要悉心照料。 (2) 我不愿意溺爱这个孩子。 (3) 他从不去讨好上司。
vocabulary简明	While it is okay for parents to coddle, spoil, or pamper a young child, it’s a little unnerving when parents coddle, or pamper adult children. And downright weird when adult children wear Pampers.
vocabulary扩展	Coddle is an old word. Originally, it meant to cook gently in water that is near boiling, as in coddling an egg. It most likely gained its association with pampering and taking care of someone via a drink made for invalids that was prepared by coddling. “Mollycoddle,” a synonym for coddle, originally meant a person who coddles himself, or an effeminate man.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]溺爱；娇纵 To coddle someone means to treat them too kindly or protect them too much. [V n] [disapproval] She coddled her youngest son madly... 她对小儿子过于溺爱。 The warders' union has been denouncing the government for coddling prisoners. 狱警联盟一直谴责政府姑息犯人。

Coddle Parents Pamper Adult Meant Coddling 英 Kɒdl] 美