| 单词 | cosset |
| 释义 | cosset (once / 27876 pages) v To cosset is to pamper or spoil. Your mom might cosset her beloved lap dog, feeding him homemade meals and singing him to sleep. If your parents used to cosset you when you were little, they may have protected you from injury and indulged your every whim. Your temptation might be to cosset small children or elderly relatives, pampering them and shielding them from difficulty. In the 17th century, cosset had the additional sense of "fondle and caress," as you might cuddle a baby or a puppy. Earlier, the word was a noun meaning "a lamb raised as a pet." WORD FAMILYcosset: cosseted, cosseting, cossets, cossetted, cossetting USAGE EXAMPLESA snaking, pale-wood bookshelf divides the room into cosseting quadrants, scaling it down for pint-size patrons. New York Times(Dec 15, 2016) Still, Mr. Trump has spent the last three decades, for the most part, cosseted within Trump Tower. New York Times(Nov 11, 2016) Prince Mohammed’s economic reform plan has sent tremors through a nation whose citizens have long enjoyed a cosseted lifestyle underwritten by the state. New York Times(Oct 13, 2016) v treat with excessive indulgence Syn|Hyper baby, cocker, coddle, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil do by, handle, treat interact in a certain way |
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