mollycoddle
英 ['m?l?k?d(?)l]
美['mɑl?kɑdl]
- vt. 溺愛；縱容
- n. 女性化的男人；懦夫
GRE
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?mollycoddles;過(guò)去式:?mollycoddled;過(guò)去分詞:?mollycoddled;現(xiàn)在分詞:?mollycoddling;
中文詞源
mollycoddle 寵愛，溺愛
molly,來(lái)自常見女性名Mary的昵稱，在俚語(yǔ)里用于指娘娘腔，coddle,溺愛，驕縱。即把自己當(dāng)女人一樣驕縱的男人，后用做動(dòng)詞寵愛，溺愛。
英文詞源
- mollycoddle (v.)
- also molly-coddle, 1870, from a noun (1833) meaning "one who coddles himself," from Molly (pet name formation from Mary), which had been used contemptuously since 1754 for "a milksop, an effeminate man," + coddle (q.v.). Related: Mollycoddled; mollycoddling.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. You shouldn't mollycoddle your kids.
- 你不應(yīng)該溺愛你的孩子。
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 2. Let's not mollycoddle our students!
- 我們不能縱容學(xué)生.
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- 3. The mollycoddle does no interest in everything.
- 那個(gè)乏味的家伙幾乎對(duì)什么都不感興趣.
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- 4. Of course, she did not mind it when Arthur would mollycoddle her with the same actions.
- 當(dāng)然,如果亞瑟把這股無(wú)微不至的關(guān)心放在她身上, 她是不會(huì)反對(duì)的啦.
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