doddering

英 [ˈdɒdərɪŋ]

美 [ˈdɑːdərɪŋ]

adj.  (尤指因年迈)衰弱而步履蹒跚的

COCA.40236

牛津词典

adj.

• （尤指因年迈）衰弱而步履蹒跚的
  weak, slow and not able to walk in a steady way, especially because you are old

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 年老体衰的，老态龙钟的(对人不敬的说法)
  If you refer to someone as adodderingold man or woman, you are saying in a disrespectful way that they are old and not strong.
  1. ...a doddering old man making his will before he's too senile.
     趁尚未老糊涂之前立下遗嘱的年迈老者

英英释义

adj

• mentally or physically infirm with age
  1. his mother was doddering and frail
  Synonym:dodderygagasenile

双语例句

• He reeled and swayed, doddering like a drunken man to keep from falling.
  他像酒醉一样地晃荡着，好让自己不致跌倒。
• But inside he found only a doddering old monk cooking gruel.
  想着，走入看时，只有一个龙钟老僧在那里煮粥。
• She was doddering and frail.
  她蹒跚而行，身体虚弱。
• In the Guangzhou Zoo I saw a South China tiger in its doddering old age.
  在广州动物园我看见一只老态龙钟的华南虎。
• Fell in the house filled with dust and shadows, with only a doddering Negro man to wait on her.
  在一栋尘埃遍地、鬼影憧憧的屋子里得了病，侍候她的只有一个老态龙钟的黑人。
• The man promptly went the opposite way to look for her sister However, he only found a doddering old lady on the road.
  这个男人马上转身跑去找她妹妹。然而，他在路上只看见一个老态龙钟的老太婆。
• We now know that Rupert just might be a doddering old fool, that his son can prevaricate with the best of them, and that Wendi Deng has clearly been put on edge by the whole experience.
  现在我们知道，鲁伯特或许只是一个糊涂的糟老头子，他儿子则是尽其所能支吾其词，而且显然整个事件已经让他的妻子邓文迪变得神经紧张。
• As if I were a doddering old relic.
  使我不再像那个蹒跚的老太婆。
• The active on surface, means the doddering inside?
  表面上的活力，是否是内心的衰竭。