Definition of spoon-feed in English:

spoon-feed

verb ˈspuːnfiːdˈspunˌfid

[with object]

1Feed with a spoon.
he is spoon-feeding the chimpanzee as one might feed a baby
Example sentencesExamples
- He proceeded to spoon-feed Glen the bowl of soup.
- ‘Well, for one thing, he's a big boy and I can stop spoon-feeding him now,’ Jerik replied brightly.
- We ate quietly and quickly, Stella spoon-feeding Jay who only protested lightly, causing me to roll my eyes at him.
- He eyed the mothers spoon-feeding their babies, smiling widely.
- When I visit Ally at lunchtime, does she drag me into a dark corner and cower with me while I spoon-feed her yogurt and offer her a baby bottle?
- Dante would usually take over and spoon-feed me, making my situation all the more degrading.
- She patiently spoon-feeds me a bowl of soup while my daughter Teal reads me her report about African elephants: ‘Did you know that elephants poop 80 pounds a day?’
- Slowly, in the fading light, I take the bowl into my lap, and carefully begin to spoon-feed myself the broth.
- He has been robbed even of the ability to chew, so a nurse must spoon-feed him every meal.
- The other week, I made them honorary members of his nursing staff, because he always manages to eat that little bit more than usual when the twins play Mummy with him and spoon-feed him soups or porridge.
- His nurse must chop up his food and spoon-feed him.
- I just said that she should eat more, not that I was going to write up a dietary plan and spoon-feed her.
Synonyms
pamper, spoil, overindulge, coddle, mollycoddle, cosset, nanny, nursemaid, mother, baby, pet, feather-bed, wrap in cotton wool, overparent
1. 1.1 Provide (someone) with so much help or information that they do not need to think for themselves.
  certain students enjoy finding out things for themselves; others prefer being spoon-fed
  Example sentencesExamples
  Can you imagine being a manager and not having to think for everybody all the time, spoon-feed them and having to scrutinize every single document before it leaves your department, simply because you cannot depend on your subordinates?
  He does not spoon-feed or coddle his audience; he does not always explain all the minute particulars of every event he discusses.
  Let them find their own way out of their befuddlement: There is no need to spoon-feed them.
  We don't spoon-feed the audience and tell them what to think.
  The US media has simply allowed him to spoon-feed them.
  As for Reid, his signature move is simple: spoon-feed journalists one day, then scream at them the next if the story's not spun to his heart's desire.
  The ensuing film is a rich character study that forces viewers to think for themselves, rather than being spoon-fed by the director.
  Much of the country seems to be engrossed in the process as the media spoon-feeds them breaking news sound-bites.
  And then you have to spoon-feed journalists so that you'll have it, it's easy, you don't have to make 12 phone calls.
  Those qualities don't interest me much in music or any artform, nor do the types of performances which spoon-feed the audience.
  It is high time for us to spoon-feed them - teach them the process of transformation, how it works.
  It's time to start trusting students to make their own informed decisions, as opposed to spoon-feeding them.
  He said: ‘Nobody is going to come out and spoon-feed the town council.’
  I am not here to spoon-feed you and nor are you the kind of people who should be spoon-fed.
  Here, we are talking about recognizing significant ‘clues’ in a musical score and not having to be spoon-fed and guided time after time.
  But this week it means intelligent, not letting anyone or anything spoon-feed you.
  It challenges you with provocative ideas, and doesn't spoon-feed you.
  But the show clumsily spoon-feeds us its insights.

Definition of spoon-feed in US English:

spoon-feed

verbˈspo͞onˌfēdˈspunˌfid

[with object]

1Feed (someone) by using a spoon.
he is spoon-feeding the chimpanzee as one might feed a baby
Example sentencesExamples
- When I visit Ally at lunchtime, does she drag me into a dark corner and cower with me while I spoon-feed her yogurt and offer her a baby bottle?
- His nurse must chop up his food and spoon-feed him.
- She patiently spoon-feeds me a bowl of soup while my daughter Teal reads me her report about African elephants: ‘Did you know that elephants poop 80 pounds a day?’
- He eyed the mothers spoon-feeding their babies, smiling widely.
- ‘Well, for one thing, he's a big boy and I can stop spoon-feeding him now,’ Jerik replied brightly.
- He has been robbed even of the ability to chew, so a nurse must spoon-feed him every meal.
- Dante would usually take over and spoon-feed me, making my situation all the more degrading.
- I just said that she should eat more, not that I was going to write up a dietary plan and spoon-feed her.
- The other week, I made them honorary members of his nursing staff, because he always manages to eat that little bit more than usual when the twins play Mummy with him and spoon-feed him soups or porridge.
- He proceeded to spoon-feed Glen the bowl of soup.
- Slowly, in the fading light, I take the bowl into my lap, and carefully begin to spoon-feed myself the broth.
- We ate quietly and quickly, Stella spoon-feeding Jay who only protested lightly, causing me to roll my eyes at him.
Synonyms
pamper, spoil, overindulge, coddle, mollycoddle, cosset, nanny, nursemaid, mother, baby, pet, feather-bed, wrap in cotton wool, overparent
1. 1.1 Provide (someone) with so much help or information that they do not need to think for themselves.
  certain students enjoy finding out things for themselves; others prefer being spoon-fed
  Example sentencesExamples
  But the show clumsily spoon-feeds us its insights.
  The US media has simply allowed him to spoon-feed them.
  I am not here to spoon-feed you and nor are you the kind of people who should be spoon-fed.
  Here, we are talking about recognizing significant ‘clues’ in a musical score and not having to be spoon-fed and guided time after time.
  We don't spoon-feed the audience and tell them what to think.
  He said: ‘Nobody is going to come out and spoon-feed the town council.’
  But this week it means intelligent, not letting anyone or anything spoon-feed you.
  And then you have to spoon-feed journalists so that you'll have it, it's easy, you don't have to make 12 phone calls.
  It's time to start trusting students to make their own informed decisions, as opposed to spoon-feeding them.
  Can you imagine being a manager and not having to think for everybody all the time, spoon-feed them and having to scrutinize every single document before it leaves your department, simply because you cannot depend on your subordinates?
  The ensuing film is a rich character study that forces viewers to think for themselves, rather than being spoon-fed by the director.
  It challenges you with provocative ideas, and doesn't spoon-feed you.
  Those qualities don't interest me much in music or any artform, nor do the types of performances which spoon-feed the audience.
  Much of the country seems to be engrossed in the process as the media spoon-feeds them breaking news sound-bites.
  Let them find their own way out of their befuddlement: There is no need to spoon-feed them.
  It is high time for us to spoon-feed them - teach them the process of transformation, how it works.
  He does not spoon-feed or coddle his audience; he does not always explain all the minute particulars of every event he discusses.
  As for Reid, his signature move is simple: spoon-feed journalists one day, then scream at them the next if the story's not spun to his heart's desire.

单词	spoon-feed
释义	Definition of spoon-feed in English: spoon-feed verb ˈspuːnfiːdˈspunˌfid [with object] 1Feed with a spoon. he is spoon-feeding the chimpanzee as one might feed a baby Example sentencesExamples He proceeded to spoon-feed Glen the bowl of soup. ‘Well, for one thing, he's a big boy and I can stop spoon-feeding him now,’ Jerik replied brightly. We ate quietly and quickly, Stella spoon-feeding Jay who only protested lightly, causing me to roll my eyes at him. He eyed the mothers spoon-feeding their babies, smiling widely. When I visit Ally at lunchtime, does she drag me into a dark corner and cower with me while I spoon-feed her yogurt and offer her a baby bottle? Dante would usually take over and spoon-feed me, making my situation all the more degrading. She patiently spoon-feeds me a bowl of soup while my daughter Teal reads me her report about African elephants: ‘Did you know that elephants poop 80 pounds a day?’ Slowly, in the fading light, I take the bowl into my lap, and carefully begin to spoon-feed myself the broth. He has been robbed even of the ability to chew, so a nurse must spoon-feed him every meal. The other week, I made them honorary members of his nursing staff, because he always manages to eat that little bit more than usual when the twins play Mummy with him and spoon-feed him soups or porridge. His nurse must chop up his food and spoon-feed him. I just said that she should eat more, not that I was going to write up a dietary plan and spoon-feed her. Synonyms pamper, spoil, overindulge, coddle, mollycoddle, cosset, nanny, nursemaid, mother, baby, pet, feather-bed, wrap in cotton wool, overparent 1.1 Provide (someone) with so much help or information that they do not need to think for themselves. certain students enjoy finding out things for themselves; others prefer being spoon-fed Example sentencesExamples Can you imagine being a manager and not having to think for everybody all the time, spoon-feed them and having to scrutinize every single document before it leaves your department, simply because you cannot depend on your subordinates? He does not spoon-feed or coddle his audience; he does not always explain all the minute particulars of every event he discusses. Let them find their own way out of their befuddlement: There is no need to spoon-feed them. We don't spoon-feed the audience and tell them what to think. The US media has simply allowed him to spoon-feed them. As for Reid, his signature move is simple: spoon-feed journalists one day, then scream at them the next if the story's not spun to his heart's desire. The ensuing film is a rich character study that forces viewers to think for themselves, rather than being spoon-fed by the director. Much of the country seems to be engrossed in the process as the media spoon-feeds them breaking news sound-bites. And then you have to spoon-feed journalists so that you'll have it, it's easy, you don't have to make 12 phone calls. Those qualities don't interest me much in music or any artform, nor do the types of performances which spoon-feed the audience. It is high time for us to spoon-feed them - teach them the process of transformation, how it works. It's time to start trusting students to make their own informed decisions, as opposed to spoon-feeding them. He said: ‘Nobody is going to come out and spoon-feed the town council.’ I am not here to spoon-feed you and nor are you the kind of people who should be spoon-fed. Here, we are talking about recognizing significant ‘clues’ in a musical score and not having to be spoon-fed and guided time after time. But this week it means intelligent, not letting anyone or anything spoon-feed you. It challenges you with provocative ideas, and doesn't spoon-feed you. But the show clumsily spoon-feeds us its insights. Definition of spoon-feed in US English: spoon-feed verbˈspo͞onˌfēdˈspunˌfid [with object] 1Feed (someone) by using a spoon. he is spoon-feeding the chimpanzee as one might feed a baby Example sentencesExamples When I visit Ally at lunchtime, does she drag me into a dark corner and cower with me while I spoon-feed her yogurt and offer her a baby bottle? His nurse must chop up his food and spoon-feed him. She patiently spoon-feeds me a bowl of soup while my daughter Teal reads me her report about African elephants: ‘Did you know that elephants poop 80 pounds a day?’ He eyed the mothers spoon-feeding their babies, smiling widely. ‘Well, for one thing, he's a big boy and I can stop spoon-feeding him now,’ Jerik replied brightly. He has been robbed even of the ability to chew, so a nurse must spoon-feed him every meal. Dante would usually take over and spoon-feed me, making my situation all the more degrading. I just said that she should eat more, not that I was going to write up a dietary plan and spoon-feed her. The other week, I made them honorary members of his nursing staff, because he always manages to eat that little bit more than usual when the twins play Mummy with him and spoon-feed him soups or porridge. He proceeded to spoon-feed Glen the bowl of soup. Slowly, in the fading light, I take the bowl into my lap, and carefully begin to spoon-feed myself the broth. We ate quietly and quickly, Stella spoon-feeding Jay who only protested lightly, causing me to roll my eyes at him. Synonyms pamper, spoil, overindulge, coddle, mollycoddle, cosset, nanny, nursemaid, mother, baby, pet, feather-bed, wrap in cotton wool, overparent 1.1 Provide (someone) with so much help or information that they do not need to think for themselves. certain students enjoy finding out things for themselves; others prefer being spoon-fed Example sentencesExamples But the show clumsily spoon-feeds us its insights. The US media has simply allowed him to spoon-feed them. I am not here to spoon-feed you and nor are you the kind of people who should be spoon-fed. Here, we are talking about recognizing significant ‘clues’ in a musical score and not having to be spoon-fed and guided time after time. We don't spoon-feed the audience and tell them what to think. He said: ‘Nobody is going to come out and spoon-feed the town council.’ But this week it means intelligent, not letting anyone or anything spoon-feed you. And then you have to spoon-feed journalists so that you'll have it, it's easy, you don't have to make 12 phone calls. It's time to start trusting students to make their own informed decisions, as opposed to spoon-feeding them. Can you imagine being a manager and not having to think for everybody all the time, spoon-feed them and having to scrutinize every single document before it leaves your department, simply because you cannot depend on your subordinates? The ensuing film is a rich character study that forces viewers to think for themselves, rather than being spoon-fed by the director. It challenges you with provocative ideas, and doesn't spoon-feed you. Those qualities don't interest me much in music or any artform, nor do the types of performances which spoon-feed the audience. Much of the country seems to be engrossed in the process as the media spoon-feeds them breaking news sound-bites. Let them find their own way out of their befuddlement: There is no need to spoon-feed them. It is high time for us to spoon-feed them - teach them the process of transformation, how it works. He does not spoon-feed or coddle his audience; he does not always explain all the minute particulars of every event he discusses. As for Reid, his signature move is simple: spoon-feed journalists one day, then scream at them the next if the story's not spun to his heart's desire.
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