首页mollycoddlemollycoddle的意思
mollycoddle
英 ['mɒlɪkɒd(ə)l]
美['mɑlɪkɑdl]
- vt. 溺爱；纵容
- n. 女性化的男人；懦夫
词态变化
第三人称单数: mollycoddles;过去式: mollycoddled;过去分词: mollycoddled;现在分词: mollycoddling;
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.
双语例句
- 1. You shouldn't mollycoddle your kids.
- 你不应该溺爱你的孩子。
来自辞典例句
- 2. Let's not mollycoddle our students!
- 我们不能纵容学生.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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