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coddle

/kod-l/US // ˈkɒd l //UK // (ˈkɒdəl) //

呵护,溺爱,娇惯,呵护着

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    cod·dled, cod·dling.

    • : to treat tenderly; nurse or tend indulgently; pamper: to coddle children when they're sick.
    • : to cook in water that is just below the boiling point; cook gently.

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Examples

  • We cannot continue to coddle those who would put themselves and the rest of us in danger.

  • You get all this nonsense about “These kids are coddled,” but as a professor, I see these kids stand up and speak out against us.

  • Higher education should challenge students, not coddle them by indulging their pre-formed biases and preferences.

  • They think they will irreparably damage them, so instead of raising expectations, they coddle them.

  • And regulators who coddle Wall Street have to worry more about becoming props in an Elizabeth Warren YouTube video gone viral.

  • She is working on a book called American Coddle , about America's culture of entitlement.

  • Mam' Sarah was very tall, and she had the best lap in the world to coddle down in, Roberta thought.

  • “You coddle him,” said Kingsnorth, with a short bitter laugh.

  • Poor mammy will mourn over me and coddle me up as if I'd been to the wars.

  • And so we left them alone awhile, to coddle over their raptures.

  • A man was looked on as a milk-sop and a Molly Coddle, that would not take his mug of ale, and be merry with his comrades.