dotage

英 ['dəʊtɪdʒ] 美 ['doʊtɪdʒ]

• n. 老耄；老迷糊；溺爱

英英释义

Noun:

1. mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. We have to look after grandfather now he's in his dotage.
   祖父已经年迈昏愦，我们必须照顾他。
2. He has dotage because of old age.
   他因年老而糊里糊涂。
3. Merlin fell in a dotage on the damsel.
   墨林深深地爱上那少女。
4. Dotage is not the real love and favour is not protection.
   溺爱不是真爱，偏袒不是保护。

经典引文

• Now fast sinking into dotage.

  出自： Ld Macaulay

• Wait until I'm a hundred...Don't hurry me into my dotage.

  出自： E. Glasgow

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