coddle

英 [ˈkɒdl]

美 [ˈkɑːdl]

v.  娇惯; 娇养; 溺爱; (在略低于沸点的水里)煮(蛋)

现在分词：coddling　过去分词：coddled　过去式：coddled　第三人称单数：coddles　

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BNC.40523 / COCA.18813

牛津词典

verb

• 娇惯；娇养；溺爱
  to treat sb with too much care and attention
• （在略低于沸点的水里）煮（蛋）
  to cook eggs in water slightly below boiling point

柯林斯词典

• VERB 溺爱;娇纵
  Tocoddlesomeone means to treat them too kindly or protect them too much.
  1. She coddled her youngest son madly...
     她对小儿子过于溺爱。
  2. 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。

英英释义

verb

• cook in nearly boiling water
  1. coddle eggs
• treat with excessive indulgence
  1. grandparents often pamper the children
  2. Let's not mollycoddle our students!
  Synonym:pamperfeatherbedcossetcockerbabymollycoddlespoilindulge

双语例句

• 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。
• Teachers shouldn't coddle their pupils.
  教师不应溺爱学生。
• Can you find someone to coddle you24/ 7, and still be motivated to suffer on your own?
  你能找到一个一天24小时疼爱着你的人并且还会有积极性去一个人承担那份辛苦吗？
• I love to coddle babies. I have a little one of my own.
  我喜欢悉心照料宝宝，我自己就有个小宝贝。
• This is because when the mother is too coddle the beginning child.
  这是因为当妈妈的一开始就太娇惯宝宝了。
• However, married women were required to be "angels in the house", who had to devote all of their time to coddle their children, do housework and take care of their husbands.
  然而，已婚妇女只能做房间里的天使，她们的全部时间都要贡献给家庭：照顾子女、丈夫和操持家务。
• But, to the person of coddle since childhood, it is more difficult to after be brought up, be fostered again.
  但是，对于娇生惯养的人来说，长大后再培养就较困难。
• Teach him gently, World, but don't coddle him.
  世界，你应该温柔地教导他，切不可溺爱他。
• She coddled her youngest son madly
  她对小儿子过于溺爱。
• Located at the coddle and with an embedment up to 700m, the F9 fault is a regional trunk fracture. Being extremely complicated, it is the difficult point and the key to build the tunnel.
  处在隧道中部、埋深达700m的F9断层为区域性主干断裂，异常复杂，是隧道修建的难点和关键。