| 单词 | to dote on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto dote on a. intransitive. Chiefly with †of, upon, on, over. To bestow love, fondness, care, or attention on a person or thing extravagantly, excessively, or uncritically; to be infatuated, besotted, or foolishly in love with someone or something. Now usually in to dote on.Now the usual sense. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > be infatuatedly fond [verb (intransitive)] dotea1393 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. l. 819 (MED) Riht so doth he whan that he pireth And doteth on hire wommanhiede. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 525/2 It is a gret madnesse to dote upon an other mans wyfe. 1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) vi. xxx. 132 Not one but wexed amorous, yea euen Diana doted. 1623 P. Massinger Duke of Millaine iii. ii. sig. G3 A fine she waiter..that doted Extreamely of a Gentleman. 1694 S. Slater Earnest Call to Family-relig. 118 You that are Parents and have beautiful Children, look upon them with a great deal of Pleasure; you look and like, you look and doat, you see your selves in them. 1761 H. Walpole Let. 25 Mar. in Private Corr. (1820) II. 226 Where lies that mother on whom I doated, and who doated on me. 1827 La Belle Assemblée Sept. 102/2 His mother and sister absolutely doted upon him; for as a son and a brother, he was every thing that could be wished. 1966 Austral. Women's Weekly 29 June 15/3 Here ‘Coronation Street’ has a small, but hard core of regular fans... But Victorians and South Australians simply dote on it. 2018 London Evening Standard 19 Oct. 51 He dotes on his dog and his precocious little daughter. < as lemmas |
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