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单词 spoon-feed
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spoon-feed

[ spoon-feed, -feed ]
/ ˈspunˈfid, -ˌfid /
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verb (used with object), spoon-fed, spoon-feed·ing.

to cause to be spoon-fed.

Origin of spoon-feed

First recorded in 1605–15

Words nearby spoon-feed

spoon bread, spoondrift, spoonerism, spooney, spoon-fed, spoon-feed, spoonful, spoon hook, spoon nail, spoon theory, spoonworm
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Example sentences from the Web for spoon-feed

  • Better let them go to hell in their own way than attempt to spoon-feed them.

    Ireland as It Is|Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)

British Dictionary definitions for spoon-feed

spoon-feed

verb -feeds, -feeding or -fed (tr)

to feed with a spoon
to overindulge or spoil
to provide (a person) with ready-made opinions, judgments, etc, depriving him of original thought or action
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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