coddled

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. simple past and past participle of coddle form-of,participle,past
形容词 adj.
  1. Pampered; overprotected and/or overindulged.
    — The "coddled" prisoner has been the subject of more newspaper editorials, and more discussion by the general public than almost any other phase of our criminal problem.
  2. Stewed or simmered.
    — In the first menu the veal needs about an hour and a half's cooking; the potatoes an hour's; the coddled pears two hours'; the sponge caked twenty minutes' and the oysters ten minutes'.

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衍生词
uncoddled
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