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cosset

\KOSS-it\, transitive verb:
1. To treat as a pet; to treat with excessive indulgence; to pamper.
noun:
1. A pet, especially a pet lamb.
名词 n.
1.宠儿;爱畜
及物动词 vt.
1.珍爱;纵容

Sumner's parents, for instance, were routinely attended by butlers, maids, coachmen and grooms while little Sumner and his sister, Emily, were pampered and cosseted from infancy by nurserymaids and governesses.
~Benjamin Welles, Sumner Welles: FDR's Global Strategist

Assunta played a larger role in the lives of her children, whom she cosseted and cared for as best she could.
~Patricia Albers, Shadows, Fire, Snow: The Life of Tina Modotti

In these two years, Adolf lived a life of parasitic idleness -- funded, provided for, looked after, and cosseted by a doting mother, with his own room in the comfortable flat in the Humboldtstrasse in Linz, which the family had moved into in June 1905.
~Ian Kershaw, Hitler: 1889-1936 Hubris

Cosset comes from the noun cosset, "a pet lamb."



All are brave when the enemy flies.

敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。



If a band plays in a thunderstorm, who is most likely to get hit by lightening?
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