doddering是什么意思？

doddering

英[ˈdɒdərɪŋ] 美[ˈdɑdərɪŋ]

• adj. 震颤的，蹒跚的；
• v. 枯掉了树梢的，衰弱的，脆弱的( doddered的过去分词 )；

例句

• You doddering old fool! 你这死乌龟!
• Spindly Austin 7's of the'20 s are venerated like doddering old aunties. 修长的奥斯汀7世以及20世都已经是人们喜欢的老爷车.
• 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.
• ...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

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  年老体衰的，老态龙钟的(对人不敬的说法)
  If you refer to someone as a doddering old man or woman, you are saying in a disrespectful way that they are old and not strong.
  例句
  ...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

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. mentally or physically infirm with age;
  "his mother was doddering and frail"