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单词 mollycoddle
释义
mollycoddlemol‧ly‧cod‧dle /ˈmɒliˌkɒdl $ ˈmɑːliˌkɑːdl/ verb [transitive] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINmollycoddle
Origin:
1800-1900 mollycoddle ‘someone treated too kindly’ (19-21 centuries), from Molly a female name + coddle
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
mollycoddle
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theymollycoddle
he, she, itmollycoddles
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theymollycoddled
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave mollycoddled
he, she, ithas mollycoddled
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad mollycoddled
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill mollycoddle
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have mollycoddled
Continuous Form
PresentIam mollycoddling
he, she, itis mollycoddling
you, we, theyare mollycoddling
PastI, he, she, itwas mollycoddling
you, we, theywere mollycoddling
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been mollycoddling
he, she, ithas been mollycoddling
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been mollycoddling
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be mollycoddling
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been mollycoddling
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Stop mollycoddling those kids - they need to think for themselves.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • I have never mollycoddled any of my artists.
  • I realised I'd been mollycoddled at school.
  • They must be presented, minded and mollycoddled if necessary so that they concentrate totally on their own performance.
  • You see, big sisters sometimes mollycoddle little brothers.
to treat someone too kindly and to protect them too much from anything unpleasant:  He had been mollycoddled as a young boy.
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