dodder
中文解釋
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Verb
doddered, past participle; dodders, 3rd person singular present; doddering, present participle; doddered, past tense;
/ˈdädər/,
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doddered, past participle; dodders, 3rd person singular present; doddering, present participle; doddered, past tense;
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Tremble or totter, typically because of old age
- - spent and nerve-weary, I doddered into the foyer of a third-rate hotel
- - that doddering old fool
Noun
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A widely distributed parasitic climbing plant of the morning glory family, with leafless threadlike stems that are attached to the host plant by means of suckers
Web Definitions:
- a leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems; obtain nourishment through haustoria
- toddle: walk unsteadily; "small children toddle"
- (doddering) mentally or physically infirm with age; "his mother was doddering and frail"
- Cuscuta (Dodder) is a genus of about 100-170 species of yellow, orange or red (rarely green) parasitic plants. ...
- Any of several parasitic vines, of the genus Cuscuta, having small white flowers but no leaves; to shake or tremble as one moves, especially as of old age or childhood; to totter