coddle
['kɒdl]
vt. 娇养, 溺, 文火煮(蛋)

1. He'll need to be coddled after his illness.
   病後需悉照.
2. Today we coddle our computers.
   今，脑宠溺。
3. Teach him gently, World, but don't coddle him, because only the test of fire makes fine steel.
   温柔教，界，但纵，烈火考验炼真钢。

coddle
[ verb ]

1. treat with excessive indulgence

<verb.social> baby cocker cosset featherbed indulge mollycoddle pamper spoil
grandparents often pamper the children
Let's not mollycoddle our students!

2. cook in nearly boiling water

<verb.change>
coddle eggs

Coddle \Cod"dle\ (k[o^]d"d'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coddled}
(-d'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Coddling} (-dl[i^]ng).] [Cf.
{Prov}. E. caddle to coax, spoil, fondle, and {Cade}, a. & v.
t.] [Written also {codle}.]
1. To parboil, or soften by boiling.

It [the guava fruit] may be coddled. --Dampier.

2. To treat with excessive tenderness; to pamper.

How many of our English princes have been coddled at
home by their fond papas and mammas! --Thackeray.

He [Lord Byron] never coddled his reputation.
--Southey.