| 词汇 | cosset |
| 释义 | cosset verb[ T ] uk /ˈkɒs.ɪt/ us /ˈkɑː.sɪt/-t- or UK also-tt- to give a lot of attention to making someone comfortable and to protecting them from anything unpleasant: 宠爱，疼爱；溺爱 Children sometimes need to be cosseted.孩子是需要疼爱的。 disapprovingThe country has been cosseted (= too protected) by the government for so long that people have forgotten how to take responsibility for themselves.长久以来，这个国家一直受到政府的过度保护，人们已经忘了自己该如何承担责任。 Synonyms babyinformal often disapproving coddle(PROTECT) indulge mollycoddleinformal mainly disapproving pamper spoil Defending and protecting air defence anti-bug anti-mosquito baby bandobast cocoon defensive duck and coveridiom embedded featherbedding fight back foot patrol hedge insulate poisonous security light self-protective self-protectiveness shelter sheltered You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Treating someone well Examples of cossetcosset I do not like the word, but we are talking about cosseting the consumer; this is the important thing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Alternatively, are we seeking to create a cosy little club, some sections of which will be cosseted at the expense of others? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have decided—rightly or wrongly—that we have to treat persons of that age as adults and that to cosset them is wrong. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is not a policy of fairness; it is a policy of consolidating and cosseting privilege. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For millions of people, weekends are the only times available for them to cosset their special loves—cars, gardens and homes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has been cossetted for far too long. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must cosset and look after the existing customers if we want to ensure that the recession does not destroy the industry altogether. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is cossetted to the tune of £40,000 a year of public money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The staff will be instructed to comfort and cosset the offenders. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He can be much loved and cosseted and can be the most faithful animal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The capitalists have to be cosseted and their confidence built up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All these firms are sustained by public money, protected, and, indeed, cossetted by public money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Any idea that, in general, prisoners are kept in a cossetted or comfortable state is well astray. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They do not wish to be cosseted, though it would be foolish to deny that they would not benefit from any limitation of liability. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We feel that it will have to be a good deal fattened and cossetted before it reaches its proper stature. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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