coddle 娇养；溺爱

coddle尤指把鸡蛋在稍低于沸点的水中“煮嫩，煮软”，可以表示“娇养；溺爱”。

关于“溺爱”，还有这些表达：

①spoil

Mr Harvey, unable for once to do exactly as he wanted, sulked just like a spoiled child.

哈维先生只此一次不能如愿以偿按他的意思做，就气鼓鼓的，像个宠坏了的孩子。

②dote on

He dotes on the new baby.

他对刚出生的孩子非常宠爱。

③cosset

As a child, she has been spoiled and cosseted.

作为一个小孩子，她一直被宠爱着。

④be indulgent to sb

He had been a strict father but was indulgent to/towards his grandchildren.

他曾是个严厉的父亲，但对孙子孙女却很娇惯。