dodder

dodder1
verb
  1. [no obj.][often as adj. doddering]tremble or totter, typically because of old age
    (多指因年老)颤抖;蹒跚
    that doddering old fool.
    那个哆哆嗦嗦的老傻瓜。
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dodderer
noun
语源
  1. early 17th cent.: variant of obsolete dialect dadder; related to dither

dodder2
noun
  1. a widely distributed parasitic climbing plant of the convolvulus family, with leafless thread-like stems that are attached to the host plant by means of suckers
    菟丝子属植物;菟丝子
  2. Genus Cuscuta, family Convolvulaceae
    菟丝子属,旋花科
语源
  1. Middle English: related to Middle Low German doder, dodder, Middle High German toter
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