Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #23268
cosset
宠爱；娇养；溺爱
To treat like a pet; to overindulge.
- 1.
To treat like a pet; to overly indulge.
像宠物一样对待；过分溺爱。
- 2.
To fondle; to touch or stroke lovingly.
爱抚；抚摸。
- 3.
To benefit; to make life easy for.
使受益；使生活安逸。
爱抚；抚摸；使舒适；优待；厚待；像宠物一样对待；过分溺爱。；爱抚；抚摸。；使受益；使生活安逸。
In use
She cossets her cat, giving it only the finest fish.
The old man cosseted his granddaughter with endless gifts.
He spends his weekends cosseting his antique car.
cosset sb
及物动词，后接被宠爱的人或动物。
They cosset their only child.
他们溺爱唯一的孩子。
be cosseted
被动语态，常后接by引出施动者。
The pet was cosseted by the whole family.
这只宠物被全家人宠爱。
cosset sb with sth
表示用某物宠爱某人，with后接具体事物。
She cosseted her grandson with toys and sweets.
她用玩具和糖果溺爱孙子。
Connections
Collocations
- cosset a child
- 溺爱孩子；宠爱孩子
- Parents who cosset a child every day may be doing more harm than good.每天溺爱孩子的父母可能弊大于利。
- cosset oneself
- 娇惯自己；好好款待自己
- On weekends, she likes to cosset herself with a spa day.周末她喜欢去水疗日来宠爱自己。
- cosset a pet
- 宠爱宠物；把宠物当宝贝
- He cossets his pet, buying it new toys every week.他把宠物当宝贝，每周都给它买新玩具。
- cosset the skin
- 呵护皮肤；滋养皮肤
- Use a rich cream to cosset the skin during winter.冬天用滋润的面霜来呵护皮肤。
- cosset customers
- 悉心服务顾客；宠爱顾客
- The café cossets its customers with free refills and warm smiles.这家咖啡馆以免费续杯和温暖的笑容悉心招待顾客。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 cosy（舒适）+ set（安置）：像把宠物安顿得舒舒服服、百般娇宠，就是 cosset。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literary prose、critical or editorial text 这个词多用于正式或书面语，通常表示过分宠爱、娇惯，比较常见于文学或评论性文字，日常口语中较少使用。
Grammar Note
常用于表示对人或动物过分宠爱，常接宾语。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Only posset genuinely rhymes with cosset in the pronunciation shown. Corset and closet are useful lookalikes but don't rhyme: corset /ˈkɔːsɪt/ has /ɔː/, closet /ˈklɒzɪt/ ends in /zɪt/. Gusset shares the -sset spelling but has /ʌ/, and cassette /kəˈsɛt/ and whatsit /ˈwɒtsɪt/ differ in sound.
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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