Dote

[dəʊt] or [dot]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) shower with love; show excessive affection for; 'Grandmother dotes on her the twins'.

(verb.) be foolish or senile due to old age.

校對:特伦斯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A marriage portion. [Obs.] See 1st Dot, n.

(n.) Natural endowments.

(v. i.) To act foolishly.

(v. i.) To be weak-minded, silly, or idiotic; to have the intellect impaired, especially by age, so that the mind wanders or wavers; to drivel.

(v. i.) To be excessively or foolishly fond; to love to excess; to be weakly affectionate; -- with on or upon; as, the mother dotes on her child.

(n.) An imbecile; a dotard.

錄入:卢

同義詞及近義詞：

v. n. [1]. Drivel, be imbecile, be foolish.[2]. Be over-fond, be foolishly fond.

校對:莎娜

解釋/意思:

v.i. (arch.) to be stupid or foolish: to be weakly affectionate: to show excessive love—formerly also spelt Doat.—ns. Dōt′age a doting: childishness of old age: excessive fondness; Dōt′ant (Shak.) a dotard; Dōt′ard one who dotes: one showing the weakness of old age or excessive fondness.—adj. Dōt′ed (Spens.) stupid.—n. Dōt′er one who dotes.—p.adj. and n. Dōt′ing.—adjs. Dōt′ish silly; Dot′tle (Scot.) stupid.—n. a dotard.—adj. Dot′ty feeble in mind: tottering.

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