英語單詞

mollycoddle是什麽意思

mollycoddle

英 ['mɒlɪkɒd(ə)l] 美 ['mɑlɪkɑdl]
  • vt. 溺愛;縱容
  • n. 女性化的男人;懦夫

中文詞源


mollycoddle 寵愛,溺愛

molly,來自常見女性名Mary的昵稱,在俚語裏用於指娘娘腔,coddle,溺愛,驕縱。即把自己當女人一樣驕縱的男人,後用做動詞寵愛,溺愛。

英文詞源


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.

雙語例句


1. You shouldn't mollycoddle your kids.
你不應該溺愛你的孩子。

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2. Let's not mollycoddle our students!
我們不能縱容學生.

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3. The mollycoddle does no interest in everything.
那個乏味的家夥幾乎對什麽都不感興趣.

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4. Of course, she did not mind it when Arthur would mollycoddle her with the same actions.
當然,如果亞瑟把這股無微不至的關心放在她身上, 她是不會反對的啦.

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