• vt. 溺愛；縱容
• n. 女性化的男人；懦夫

molly,來自常見女性名Mary的昵稱，在俚語里用于指娘娘腔，coddle,溺愛，驕縱。即把自己當女人一樣驕縱的男人，后用做動詞寵愛，溺愛。

mollycoddle (v.)

also molly-coddle, 1870, from a noun (1833) meaning "one who coddles himself," from Molly (pet name formation from Mary), which had been used contemptuously since 1754 for "a milksop, an effeminate man," + coddle (q.v.). Related: Mollycoddled; mollycoddling.

1. You shouldn't mollycoddle your kids.

你不應該溺愛你的孩子。

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2. Let's not mollycoddle our students!

我們不能縱容學生.

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3. The mollycoddle does no interest in everything.

那個乏味的家伙幾乎對什么都不感興趣.

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4. Of course, she did not mind it when Arthur would mollycoddle her with the same actions.

當然,如果亞瑟把這股無微不至的關心放在她身上, 她是不會反對的啦.

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