| 释义 |
spoon-feed, v.|ˈspuːnfiːd|
[f. spoon n. + feed v.]
trans. To feed with a spoon. Chiefly fig.
1615Rowlands Mel. Knight (Hunterian Cl.) 20 Taught by the prating Nurse which did spoon-feed him. 1864Browning Dram. Pers., Death in Desert 109 So, minds at first must be spoon-fed with truth. 189019th Cent. Nov. 855 They are anxious to more than spoon-feed the people of Ireland with self-government. 1900Athenæum 28 Apr. 520/3 To urge men to learn is a far higher profession than to spoon⁓feed them with learning.
Hence spoon-fed ppl. a., spoon-feeding vbl. n. (both fig. in quots.).
1901Daily Chron. 21 May 6 (Encycl. D.), The Conservative papers claim..that spoonfed undertakings have no solid commercial basis. 1905M. F. Reany Medical Profession i. 21 ‘Spoon-feeding’..is excellent for obtaining good examination results, but is it quite so productive of good practioners? 1978Listener 19 Jan. 87/2 The mixture of spoonfeeding and stimulation is..the essential quality of the lectures on scientific themes given..to an audience of children. |