| 单词 | pamper |
| 释义 | pamper (once / 2996 pages) v When you pamper your dog, you spoil him. You might pamper him by feeding him cubes of cheese and knitting him a little sweater and letting him sleep in your bed under the covers. Some people love to pamper their pets, cooking them special food and buying them expensive collars and toys. To pamper goes beyond kind treatment, bordering on overindulgence or coddling. People also like to pamper themselves from time to time, getting a massage or a manicure, or otherwise being treated indulgently. The word pamper originally meant "to cram with food," most likely from a Middle Dutch root meaning "to cram." WORD FAMILYpamper: pampered, pamperer, pampering, pampers+/pampering: pamperings USAGE EXAMPLESThe measure legalizes a practice already commonplace at many salons, where it’s part of the pampering. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) Your body deserves some pampering after all that outdoor play, so visit one of Bend’s spas. Seattle Times(Dec 19, 2016) In that case, she was a miracle of genetics, expert pampering and the workout routine many men applied to her. Time(Dec 18, 2016) v treat with excessive indulgence grandparents often pamper the children Syn|Hyper baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, spoil do by, handle, treat interact in a certain way |
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