spoon-feed
verb🔊/ˈspuːn fiːd/
🔊/ˈspuːn fiːd/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they spoon-feed | 🔊/ˈspuːn fiːd/ 🔊/ˈspuːn fiːd/ |
| he / she / it spoon-feeds | 🔊/ˈspuːn fiːdz/ 🔊/ˈspuːn fiːdz/ |
| past simple spoon-fed | 🔊/ˈspuːn fed/ 🔊/ˈspuːn fed/ |
| past participle spoon-fed | 🔊/ˈspuːn fed/ 🔊/ˈspuːn fed/ |
| -ing form spoon-feeding | 🔊/ˈspuːn fiːdɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈspuːn fiːdɪŋ/ |
- [often passive] (disapproving)
to teach people something in a way that gives them too much help and does not make them think for themselves 填鸭式灌输；满堂灌 - spoon-feed somebody (with something)
The students here do not expect to be spoon-fed. 这儿的学生不希望教师满堂灌。 🔊🔊 Schama does not spoon-feed his readers, and assumes they have some knowledge of British history. 沙马（Schama）不会用汤匙喂他的读者，并假设他们对英国历史有所了解。 - spoon-feed something to somebody
They had information spoon-fed to them. 他们的知识是以满堂灌的方式传授给他们的。 🔊🔊
- spoon-feed somebody (with something)
- spoon-feed somebody
to feed somebody, especially a baby, with a spoon 用勺喂（婴儿）