Dodder



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.蹒跚
• ［英］ v.蹒跚 ( to move shakily)
• ［类］ dodder : unsteady / cavort : sprightly ( 蹒跚动作特点是不稳的 / 欢腾动作特点是轻快的)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English doder; akin to Middle High German toter dodder, egg yolk
• Date: 13th century
• any of a genus (Cuscuta) of wiry twining vines of the morning-glory family that are highly deficient in chlorophyll, are parasitic on other plants, and have tiny scales instead of leaves

II. intransitive verb (doddered; doddering)

• Etymology: Middle English dadiren
• Date: 14th century
• 1. to tremble or shake from weakness or age
• 2. to progress feebly and unsteadily <was doddering down the walk>
• ? dodderer noun

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