1812, "full of dots," from dot (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "silly" is from c. 1400, in dotypolle "dotty poll" (i.e. "dotty head"), in which case the first element is from dote (v.).
雙語例句
1. She was obviously going a bit dotty.
她顯然變得有點瘋瘋癲癲的了。
來自柯林斯例句
2. That's my dotty points.
那是我的弱點.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
3. I freely confess I'm as dotty as you are.
我坦白承認,我跟你一樣瘋瘋癲癲.
來自辭典例句
4. Not another of your dotty ideas for making money!
你不要再出那些賺錢的餿主意了!
來自辭典例句
5. He did not look like a ghost, more like someone's dotty father.