coddle 的定义
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.
coddle 近义词
indulge, pamper
boil lightly, usually eggs
更多coddle例句
- 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.