[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。
派生 dodderer noun 语源
early 17th cent.: variant of obsolete dialect dadder; related to dither
dodder2 noun
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
Genus Cuscuta, family Convolvulaceae 菟丝子属,旋花科
语源
Middle English: related to Middle Low German doder, dodder, Middle High German toter