释义 |
mollycoddlemol‧ly‧cod‧dle /ˈmɒliˌkɒdl $ ˈmɑːliˌkɑːdl/ verb [transitive]  mollycoddleOrigin: 1800-1900 mollycoddle ‘someone treated too kindly’ (19-21 centuries), from Molly a female name + coddle VERB TABLEmollycoddle |
Present | I, you, we, they | mollycoddle | | he, she, it | mollycoddles | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | mollycoddled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have mollycoddled | | he, she, it | has mollycoddled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had mollycoddled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will mollycoddle | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have mollycoddled |
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Present | I | am mollycoddling | | he, she, it | is mollycoddling | | you, we, they | are mollycoddling | Past | I, he, she, it | was mollycoddling | | you, we, they | were mollycoddling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been mollycoddling | | he, she, it | has been mollycoddling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been mollycoddling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be mollycoddling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been mollycoddling |
- Stop mollycoddling those kids - they need to think for themselves.
- 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. |