Coddle

(verb.) cook in nearly boiling water; 'coddle eggs'.

贾维斯整理

• And when they don't, which is most of the time, we deny truth, falsify facts, and prefer the coddling of our theory to any deeper understanding of the real problem before us. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Always preaching, retorted she; always coddling and admonishing. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Be satisfied with doctoring and coddling yourself and the children, and let me look as I chuse. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• I suspect she is right, and that I've been coddling the fellow as if I'd been his grandmother. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.

尤因整理