音标:['dɒtidʒ] ;
n. 老耄, 老迷糊, 溺爱
[医] 衰老, 老耄
n. mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations
词型变化:名词复数形式 : dotages
考试类型:[GRE]
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dotage的用法和样例:

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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