| 单词 | dodder |
| 释义 | dodder (once / 12198 pages) nv When you dodder, you walk in a shaky or trembling way. You're most likely to see older people dodder, moving slowing and unsteadily. People usually dodder because of illness, disability, or the fragility of very old age. Your great Aunt Martha may dodder over to you, but then give you a powerful bear hug when she gets there. The verb dodder dates from the 1600's, and it's thought to have probably come from the Middle English daderen, "to quake or tremble." WORD FAMILYdodder: doddered, dodderer, doddering, dodders, doddery+/dodderer: dodderers USAGE EXAMPLES“Two young maidens should help me into an old-style wooden chair,” he continued, pretending to dodder. Seattle Times(Nov 03, 2016) Phil Hartman plays Ronald Reagan as a cunning and tireless taskmaster who pretends to be an affable, doddering old man when the press is present. Washington Post(Oct 17, 2016) These are not just the doddering remnants of the Klan, though there are elements of that. Los Angeles Times(Sep 29, 2016) 1n a leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems; obtain nourishment through haustoria Hypo|Hyper Cuscuta gronovii, love vine leafless parasitic vine with dense clusters of small white bell-shaped flowers on orange-yellow stems that twine around clover or flax vine a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface 2v walk unsteadily Syn|Hyper coggle, paddle, toddle, totter, waddle walk use one's feet to advance; advance by steps |
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