mollycoddle
mollycoddle 英 [ˈmɒlikɒdl] 美 [ˈmɑlikɒdl]
vt. 溺爱；纵容 n. 女性化的男人；懦夫
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- Mollycoddle means to spoil or overindulge something. You can think of mollycoddle as an extreme form of coddle. If you constantly fuss over your dog and serve her homemade food while she's resting on a soft feather bed, you mollycoddle her.
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- vt. 溺爱；纵容
- n. 女性化的男人；懦夫
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1. You shouldn't mollycoddle your kids.
你不应该溺爱你的孩子。
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2. It's just a small operation, I cant mollycoddle myself, life must go on!
只是一个小手术，我不能溺爱自己，生活还要继续。
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3. To put it simply, women mollycoddle children and animals to a ridiculous extent.
简单地说，女人会宠爱孩子和动物到一个荒唐的地步。
- 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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