mollycoddle
GRE,1
英['mɒlɪkɒd(ə)l]
|美['mɑlɪkɑdl]
日语:モリコドル
法语:materner
德语:verhätscheln
韩语:여자 같은 남자
俄语:mimar
牛津词典
verb
- 溺爱;宠爱
to protect sb too much and make their life too comfortable and safe
词形变化
过去分词:mollycoddled 现在分词:mollycoddling 过去式:mollycoddled 第三人称单数:mollycoddles
双语例句
- Christopher accused me of mollycoddling Andrew.
克里斯托弗指责我太宠着安德鲁。
- His mother might turn him into a mollycoddle.
他母亲可能会把他娇惯成个懦夫。
- It's just a small operation, I cant mollycoddle myself, life must go on!
只是一个小手术,我不能溺爱自己,生活还要继续。
- Of course, she did not mind it when Arthur would mollycoddle her with the same actions.
当然,如果亚瑟把这股无微不至的关心放在她身上,她是不会反对的啦。
语源
mid 19th cent.: from mollygirl or prostitute (see moll) + coddle