mollycoddle
/mol-ee-kod-l/US // ˈmɒl iˌkɒd l //UK // (ˈmɒlɪˌkɒdəl) //
莫利科德,茉莉花,茉莉花瓣
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n.名词 noun
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- : a man or boy who is used to being coddled; a milksop.
v.有主动词 verb
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mol·ly·cod·dled, mol·ly·cod·dling.
- : to coddle; pamper.
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Examples
No mollycoddle—but a roaring, six bottle fellow—with a big brain and a scrupulous sense of honor.
They despise from their hearts the mollycoddle who will not risk a wound or a cold for the pleasures of the sun and air.
When one mother tries to be all those things to one son that son has a very fair chance of turning out a mollycoddle.
I was right in refusing to mollycoddle him or put up with any of his callow, unbaked impudence.
I wish to deprive those whom I put in the mollycoddle class, of any argument against good sport.
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