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词汇 coddling
释义 coddling
present participle ofcoddle
coddle
verb[ T ]
uk /ˈkɒd.əl/ us /ˈkɑː.dəl/

coddleverb[T] (COOK)


to cook food, especially eggs, in water just below boiling temperature: (尤指把鸡蛋在稍低于沸点的水中)煮嫩,煮软
coddled eggs煨煮的鸡蛋
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Preparing food using heat
air fryer
bain-marie
baking
baking parchment
barbecue
blanch
cooking
deep fat fryer
deep-fried
deep-fry
done
overdone
pan-fry
parboil
poach
poaching
undercook
underdone
warm (someone/something) up
wood-fired

coddleverb[T] (PROTECT)


to protect someone or something too much: 娇养;溺爱;悉心呵护
The steel industry is coddled by trade protection and massive subsidies.钢铁产业受到贸易保护和巨额补贴的双重呵护。
Synonyms
babyinformal
cosset
indulge
mollycoddleinformal mainly disapproving
pamper
spoil
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Defending and protecting
air defence
anti-bug
anti-mosquito
baby
bandobast
cocoon
duck
duck and coveridiom
embedded
featherbedding
fight back
hedge
insulate
poisonous
security camera
security light
self-protective
self-protectiveness
shelter
smother

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Treating someone well

Examples of coddling


coddling

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


Also, improvements have been made in controlling coddling moth in apples with organic methods9.
These young fellows do not need coddling; they want discipline, and a chance to express their personalities.
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Is it punishment, rehabilitation, reparation, short, sharp shock, social work, molly coddling, protection, victimisation, or what?
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It is difficult for all those old people to understand what may seem to them to be newfangled ideas and the coddling of the modern child.
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Hansard archive

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We do not want coddling and carrying.
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He criticized what he saw as the sentimental coddling of the mediocre and botched.
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The hosts, who nearly always live on the premises, provide plenty of coddling.
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