Word · Frequency #869
babied
娇惯；溺爱；纵容
babied is the past of baby.
treat someone with excessive care or indulgence
- 1.
treat with excessive indulgence
过度溺爱
过度溺爱；婴孩；[医] 婴儿
In use
She always babies her younger brother, tying his shoes and cutting his food.
Stop babying him; he needs to learn to do things on his own.
The mechanic babied the old engine, tuning it gently to avoid damage.
baby sb
及物动词，表示像照顾婴儿般溺爱某人。
She babies her younger brother.
她像对待婴儿一样宠着她弟弟。
baby sb with sth
用某物宠爱某人/某物。
He babies his dog with expensive treats.
他用昂贵的零食溺爱他的狗。
be babied
被动形式，表示被溺爱。
He doesn't like being babied.
他不喜欢被当作婴儿般对待。
Verb forms
base baby · third person babies · -ing babying · past babied · past participle babied
规则动词，意为'溺爱'或'悉心照料'。
Connections
Collocations
- baby somebody
- 娇惯某人；把某人当小孩对待
- She babied her husband as if he were a child.她把丈夫当小孩一样娇惯。
- stop babying me
- 别再宠着我了；别把我当小孩
- Stop babying me, please. I have to learn to deal with this.请别再宠着我了，我得学会自己处理这件事。
- baby the children
- 过度溺爱孩子
- Grandparents often baby the children when they visit.祖父母来访时常常过度溺爱孩子。
- baby a grown man
- 把大人当小孩宠
- Don't baby a grown man; let him take responsibility.别把大人当小孩宠，让他自己承担责任。
Idioms & figurative uses
- throw the baby out with the bathwater
- 把有价值的东西和糟粕一起扔掉；因噎废食Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater when you revise the report.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把某人当baby一样哄着惯着，就是过度溺爱。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：日常对话、家庭语境、朋友交流 作为动词表示“娇惯、溺爱”时，通常用于日常口语或非正式场合，比较常见于家人、朋友之间谈论过度照顾或纵容某人；正式写作中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正押韵的是 maybe /ˈmeɪbi/，与 baby /ˈbeɪbi/ 完全押韵。ruby、shabby、hobby 都以 -by 结尾，读作 /bi/，但重读元音不同，所以不押韵。babe 与 baby 开头读音相同，但结尾少了 /i/，不是押韵。lady 重读元音也是 /eɪ/，但结尾辅音不同，只能算近似音。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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