英語單詞

dotage是什麽意思

dotage

英 ['dəʊtɪdʒ] 美 ['dotɪdʒ]
  • n. 溺愛;老耄;老迷糊

中文詞源


dotage 年老糊塗

來自dote, 糊塗。

英文詞源


dotage (n.)
"the state of one who dotes," c. 1300; see dote + -age. Originally of all sorts of mental impairment, not just that resulting from old age. First recorded late 14c. for "senility."

雙語例句


1. Even in his dotage, the Professor still sits on the committee.
即便上了年紀,教授仍然是委員會的一員。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Sarah moved back in with her father so that she could look after him in his dotage.
薩拉搬回來與父親同住,好在他年老時照顧他.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. Merlin fell in a dotage on the damsel.
墨林深深地愛上那少女.

來自辭典例句

4. I'm not in my dotage yet ; I can still drive to Gilly.
我還沒到老糊塗的年紀呢, 我可以自己開車到吉利去.

來自互聯網

5. From then on, he regarded his blindness as God's special dotage.
從那以後, 他認為他的盲是上帝的特別溺愛.

來自互聯網

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