单词 | dotingly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
释义 | dotedote /dəʊt $ doʊt/ verb Word Origin WORD ORIGINdote Verb TableOrigin: 1100-1200 Perhaps from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch doten ‘to be stupid’VERB TABLE dote
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Longman Language Activatorto like someone a lot and care about them► love dote on/upon somebody phrasal verb to love someone very much, and show this by your actions: Everyone doted on Sally, the only girl in the family.—doting adjective [only before noun]: a doting parent—dotingly adverb to love someone in your family, so that you care a lot about what happens to them, and you want them to be happy: · I really believed that my parents didn't love me.· He loved his stepdaughter as if she were his own child. ► close if people are close , they enjoy being together and they know and understand each other's feelings and thoughts: · My sister and I used to argue a lot, but now we're very close.· We have always been a close family.close to: · I'm still very close to my parents. ► be fond of to like someone very much, especially after spending a long time with them and getting to know them: · I'm very fond of my sister's children.· All teachers have children that they are particularly fond of.· We were all very fond of Mr Edwards. ► care to feel love and concern for someone: · She thinks we're interfering but we're only doing it because we care.· Buy her some flowers to show her you really care.care about: · I'm very lucky to have a husband, family and friends who care about me.· Of course I care about Kirsty - that's why I want to help her. ► adore to love someone very much and feel proud of them: · Branwell Bronte adored his sister Anne.· She adores her grandchildren and is always buying them presents. ► worship to love and admire someone very much: · He worshipped his elder brother.worship the ground somebody walks on (=love someone very much, even if they behave badly): · In Susie's eyes he can do no wrong - she worships the ground he walks on. ► be devoted to to love someone very much and be very loyal to them or spend all your time with them: · He is a good man, devoted to his wife and children. ► dote on to love someone, especially someone younger than you, very much and show this by your actions: · He'd do anything for his children - he really dotes on them.· She obviously dotes on her grandson.· You should visit your aunt more often, you know how she dotes on you all. ► think the world of to love and respect someone so much that they are very important in your life: · We all thought the world of Isaac and were devastated when he died.· He thinks the world of his uncle. showing that you love someone► affectionate someone who is affectionate shows that they are very fond of another person by the way they behave towards them, for example by holding or kissing them: · She's a very affectionate child.· He gave me an affectionate hug and then left. ► romantic something that is romantic gives you a feeling of love for your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife etc - use this about places, or things people do or say: · We went for a lovely romantic walk by the lake.· Paris is such a romantic city.· I've always thought it would be so romantic to be serenaded. ► loving behaving in a way that shows that you love someone, especially a member of your family: · Her husband was loving and supportive throughout her long illness.· She was a devoted wife and a very loving mother. ► passionate involving strong feelings of sexual love: · She longed to have a mad, passionate affair with him.· As they got to know each other better, their love grew deeper and more passionate. ► tender loving and gentle, especially because you are concerned about someone: · When she spoke, her voice was full of tender concern.· Fleury saw an expression of tender devotion come over his father's face.tender loving care: · I was feeling rather fragile, and in need of tender loving care. ► lovesick spending all your time thinking about someone you love, especially someone who does not love you: · He knew he was behaving like a lovesick teenager. ► devoted very loving and loyal towards someone: · With the support of his devoted wife, he carried on writing until the age of 73.· They remained devoted friends for many years. ► doting: doting mother/grandparent/husband etc a mother, grandparent etc that shows that they love someone, especially someone younger, by paying them a lot of attention: · The doting grandmother smiled and chatted about how well the boy was doing at school.· She managed to find a rich and doting husband for herself. ► lovey-dovey/gooey informal expressing your love for someone in a way that other people think is silly: · It is possible to love someone without going all gooey over them.· We ended up sitting next to a lovey-dovey couple. |
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