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mollycoddle

英 ['mɒlɪkɒd(ə)l] 美 ['mɑlɪkɑdl]

解释

vt. 溺爱；纵容
n. 女性化的男人；懦夫

※ 提供单词"mollycoddle"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

mollycoddle 宠爱，溺爱

molly,来自常见女性名Mary的昵称，在俚语里用于指娘娘腔，coddle,溺爱，骄纵。即把自己当女人一样骄纵的男人，后用做动词宠爱，溺爱。

英文词源

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.

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例句和用法

1. You shouldn't mollycoddle your kids.: 你不应该溺爱你的孩子。

2. Let's not mollycoddle our students!: 我们不能纵容学生.

3. The mollycoddle does no interest in everything.: 那个乏味的家伙几乎对什么都不感兴趣.

4. 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.