| 单词 | spoon-feed |
| 释义 | spoon-feed Word forms: spoon-feeds , spoon-feeding , spoon-fed 1. verb [usually passive] If you think that someone is being given too much help with something and is not making enough effort themselves, you can say they are being spoon-fed. [disapproval] Some students are unwilling to really work. They want to be spoon-fed. [be VERB-ed] They've been spoon-fed, provided with a house, servants, bank balance. [be VERB-ed] 2. verb [usually passive] If you say that someone is spoon-fed ideas or information, you mean that they are told about them and are expected to accept them without questioning them. [disapproval] They were less willing to be spoon-fed doctrines from other governments. [be VERB-ed noun] The children who were spoon-fed consumerism have discovered that the years of excess are over. [be VERB-ed noun] 3. verb If you spoon-feed a small child or a sick person, you feed them using a spoon. Until I got better, he spoon-fed me and did everything around the house. [VERB noun] Synonyms: mollycoddle, spoil, cosset, baby |
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