记忆方法
将“mollycoddle”拆分为“molly”和“coddle”，想象一个可爱的女孩（molly）被过度呵护（coddle），这种方法可以帮助你记住这个单词的含义，即“溺爱某人”。
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词族 · mollycoddle
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。
英语词源
- 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.
权威例句
- 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.