| 释义 |
doddery, a.|ˈdɒdərɪ|
[f. dodder v. + -y1.]
Apt to tremble or totter, from age or infirmity; shaky.
1866[see dithery a.]. 1919J. Buchan Mr. Standfast xvii, When he got on his feet he was as doddery as an old man. 1921Chambers's Jrnl. May 325/1 The old man..seemed to have become very doddery as he descended from the buggy. 1963H. Calisher Textures of Life ii. 35 Its thick-walled ambling waste of space and doddery pediment. |