mollycoddle

英式音标mollycoddle怎么读

美式音标mollycoddle怎么读

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mollycoddle词义

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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。


mollycoddle双语例句

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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. 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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mollycoddle英文词源

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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.

mollycoddle实用场景例句

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

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

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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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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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