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To pamper someone is to look after them very kindly — extra comfort, extra treats, extra care — sometimes more than they strictly need. You can pamper a child, a guest, a pet, or yourself (a long bath, a slow breakfast, a day with no ). It often sounds warm: hotels promise to pamper you.
To pamper someone pamper 一個人 is to look after them very kindly意思是很體貼地照顧他們 extra comfort, extra treats, extra care多一點舒適、多一點享受、多一點照顧 sometimes more than they strictly need有時候甚至超過他們真正需要的 You can pamper a child, a guest, a pet, or yourself你可以 pamper 一個小孩、客人、寵物，或你自己 a long bath, a slow breakfast, a day with no chores像泡個長長的澡、慢慢吃頓早餐、放一天不做家事 It often sounds warm聽起來常常很溫暖 hotels promise to pamper you飯店會保證要好好寵愛你
It can also go a little too far, toward spoiling, but it is usually gentler than spoil, which warns that you may ruin someone’s habits.
It can also go a little too far它也可能有點過頭 toward spoiling變得像是在寵壞 but it is usually gentler than spoil不過通常比 spoil 這個字語氣輕 which warns that you may ruin someone's habits spoil 會提醒你可能會把一個人的習慣給寵壞
Though actually, the old meaning was about a person with food until they were overfull; the “make them too comfortable” sense grew from that. Today almost nobody hears the food meaning unless they study the history.
Though actually不過其實 the old meaning was about stuffing a person with food until they were overfull這個字舊時的意思是把人餵食物餵到過飽 the "make them too comfortable" sense grew from that「讓人過得太舒服」這個意思就是從那裡演變來的 Today almost nobody hears the food meaning今天幾乎沒有人會聯想到餵食的那個意思 unless they study the history除非特地去查它的歷史
In shops you will also meet Pampers, a brand that borrowed the verb; that is a name, not the word itself.
In shops在店裡 you will also meet Pampers你還會遇到 Pampers 這個牌子 a nappy brand that borrowed the verb它是借用這個動詞來命名的紙尿布品牌 that is a name這是一個品牌名稱 not the word itself不是這個字本身
組成From Middle English pamperen, “to cram with food,” from Middle Dutch, a repeated-action form of pampen, “to stuff.” Equal to pamp + -er. The first meaning was feeding someone too much.
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
pamperverb/ˈpæm.pə(ɹ)/
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To treat with excessive care, attention or indulgence.
- And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good.
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datedTo feed luxuriously.
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informalTo put someone in pampers (a diaper).
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。