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cosset 音标拼音: [k'ɑsət] n. 亲手饲养的小动物,宠儿
vt. 宠爱,珍爱,溺爱 亲手饲养的小动物,宠儿宠爱,珍爱,溺爱 cosset v 1: treat with excessive indulgence; " grandparents often pamper the children"; " Let' s not mollycoddle our students!" [ synonym: { pamper}, { featherbed}, { cosset}, { cocker}, { baby}, { coddle}, { mollycoddle}, { spoil}, { indulge}] Cosset \ Cos" set\ ( k? s" s? t), n. [ Cf. AS. cotsetla cottager, G. kossat, kothsasse, fr. kot, koth E. ( cot) hut, and cf. also E. cade, a., cot a cade lamb.] A lamb reared without the aid of the dam. Hence: A pet, in general. [ 1913 Webster]
Cosset \ Cos" set\, v. t. To treat as a pet; to fondle. [ 1913 Webster] She was cosseted and posseted and prayed over and made much of. -- O. W. Holmes. 36 Moby Thesaurus words for " cosset": care for, caress, cater to, cherish, cocker, coddle, cradle, cultivate, dandle, dry- nurse, favor, feed, fondle, foster, give way to, gratify, humor, indulge, lavish care on, mollycoddle, mother, nourish, nurse, nurture, oblige, pamper, pat, pet, please, satisfy, spoil, spoon- feed, suckle, sustain, wet- nurse, yield to
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