treat in an indulgent or overprotective way 纵容;娇养,溺爱 I was coddled and cosseted. 我以前娇生惯养。
cook (an egg) in water below boiling point 软煮(在低于沸点的水中煮)(蛋)
派生 coddler noun 语源
late 16th cent. (in the sense 'boil (fruit) gently'): origin uncertain; sense 1 is probably a dialect variant of obsolete caudle 'administer invalids' gruel', based on Latin caldum 'hot drink', from calidus 'warm'