Coddle - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

noun

A very young child.

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His wife's just had a baby

adjective

Comparatively small or immature of its kind.

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A baby version of the oxford movement

verb

Treat (someone) as a baby; pamper or be overprotective towards.

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Her aunt babied her and fussed over her clothes

verb

Care for and protect in an overindulgent way.

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All her life she'd been cosseted by her family

verb

To give a lot of attention to making someone comfortable and to protecting them from anything unpleasant

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Children sometimes need to be cosseted., disapproving the country has been cosseted (= too protecte…

noun

The quality of being amusing or comic, especially as expressed in literature or speech.

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His tales are full of humour

verb

Comply with the wishes of (someone) in order to keep them content, however unreasonable such wishes might be.

Примеры использования:

She was always humouring him to prevent trouble

noun

The ability to find things funny, the way in which people see that some things are funny, or the quality of being funny

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He's got a great sense of humour (= he is very able to see things as funny)., i must say i find his…

verb

Allow oneself to enjoy the pleasure of.

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We indulged in a cream tea

verb

To allow yourself or someone else to have something enjoyable

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[ i ] when i get my first paycheck i’m going to indulge in a shopping spree., [ t ] he indulged his…

verb

Treat (someone) in an indulgent or overprotective way.

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I found school very difficult, and realized i'd been mollycoddled at home

noun

An effeminate or ineffectual man or boy.

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Baseball is a game for red-blooded men and mollycoddles better stay out of it

verb

To give someone too much care or protection

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You're not helping the children by mollycoddling them - they have to grow up sometime.

noun

A woman in relation to her child or children.

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She returned to bristol to nurse her ageing mother

verb

Bring up (a child) with care and affection.

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She didn't know how to mother my brother and he was very sensitive

noun

A female parent

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My mother was 20 when i was born., mother, where’s my red blouse?, they got caught in a mother of a…

noun

A person, in particular a woman, employed to look after a child in its own home.

Примеры использования:

One thing we will see a lot more of is nanny-sharing, where two families will join up to employ a n…

verb

A person, typically a woman, employed to look after a child in its own home.

verb

Have too much of something enjoyable, especially food or drink.

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It is easy to overindulge in these kinds of food

verb

Indulge with every attention, comfort, and kindness; spoil.

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Famous people just love being pampered

noun

A domestic or tamed animal kept for companionship or pleasure.

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The pony was a family pet

verb

Stroke or pat (an animal) affectionately.

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The cats came to be petted

noun

A fit of sulking or ill humour.

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Mother's in a pet

verb

Diminish or destroy the value or quality of.

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I wouldn't want to spoil your fun

noun

Goods stolen or taken forcibly from a person or place.

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The looters carried their spoils away

verb

To destroy or damage something, or to become destroyed or damaged

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[ t ] the oil spill spoiled five miles of coastline., [ t ] don’t tell me how it ends, you’ll spoil…

verb

To give someone so much help or information that the person has no opportunity to act or think independently

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I was being spoon-fed friendly audiences that wouldn’t give me trouble., the zookeepers were spoon-…