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单词 coddle
释义
coddle
verb[T]
uk
/ˈkɒd.əl/us
/ˈkɑː.dəl/

coddleverb[T](COOK)

tocookfood,especiallyeggs, inwaterjust belowboilingtemperature:
（尤指把鸡蛋在稍低于沸点的水中）煮嫩，煮软
coddledeggs煨煮的鸡蛋
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Preparing food using heat
  • air fryer
  • bain-marie
  • baking
  • baking parchment
  • barbecue
  • blanch
  • boil
  • deep-fried
  • deep-fry
  • done
  • doneness
  • etouffee
  • overdone
  • pan-fry
  • parboil
  • poach
  • poaching
  • roast
  • sear
  • warm(someone/something)up
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coddleverb[T](PROTECT)

toprotectsomeone or something too much:
娇养；溺爱；悉心呵护
Thesteelindustryis coddled bytradeprotectionandmassivesubsidies.钢铁产业受到贸易保护和巨额补贴的双重呵护。
Synonyms
babyinformal
cosset
indulge
mollycoddleinformalmainlydisapproving
pamper
spoil
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Defending and protecting
  • anti-bug
  • anti-mosquito
  • baby
  • bandobast
  • bastion
  • buffer
  • defence
  • defend
  • harbour
  • have (got)someone'sbackidiom
  • hold off
  • inoculation
  • killsomeonewith kindnessidiom
  • mollycoddle
  • shield
  • splashproof
  • takesomeoneunderyourwingidiom
  • watch list
  • watchyourbackidiom
  • wing
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Treating someone well
(Definition ofcoddlefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

coddle| American Dictionary

coddle
verb[T]
us
/kɑd·əl/
toprotectandtreatsomeone or something withgreatcare:
Thecoachdoes not coddle hisplayers.
(Definition ofcoddlefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Is my boy, or the boys of other people, to die while they remain here pampered and coddled?
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I realise that it can be argued that we are molly-coddling the public, and so on.
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We do not take the view that the nationalised industries have to be coddled—quite the opposite.
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One protects them; one cossets them and coddles them with subsidies and special promotion agencies.
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They are not asking to be coddled, but they point out that they simply cannot compete with a rice-bowl economy.
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A first-year student going into a school for teaching practice is usually quite coddled.
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We have molly-coddled the criminal too long.
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The hosts, who nearly always live on the premises, provide plenty of coddling.
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Government has coddled, accepted, and ignored white-collar crime for too long, he testified.
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The dorm and others like it have created somewhat of a controversy, with detractors saying it represents a step further of coddling the younger generation.
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The temperature was hot, and the band members were used to being left alone, if not coddled, by the prison staff.
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In the past, recipes called for coddling fruit, but in recent times the term is usually only applied to coddled eggs.
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The rest of us coddled her gladly, assuming that she needed protection...
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By making a product cute, the nucleus accumbens in the human brain is targeted and elicits a protective or coddling response, which encourages an individual to acquire (purchase) said item.
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Attrebus has been coddled his whole life, and has inflated opinions of his abilities and standings, learning his friends loathe him, and his combat training was carefully orchestrated babysitting.
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