dotage

• n. 溺爱；老耄；老迷糊

来自dote, 糊涂。

dotage (n.)

"the state of one who dotes," c. 1300; see dote + -age. Originally of all sorts of mental impairment, not just that resulting from old age. First recorded late 14c. for "senility."

1. Even in his dotage, the Professor still sits on the committee.

即便上了年纪，教授仍然是委员会的一员。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Sarah moved back in with her father so that she could look after him in his dotage.

萨拉搬回来与父亲同住,好在他年老时照顾他.

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3. Merlin fell in a dotage on the damsel.

墨林深深地爱上那少女.

来自辞典例句

4. I'm not in my dotage yet ; I can still drive to Gilly.

我还没到老糊涂的年纪呢, 我可以自己开车到吉利去.

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5. From then on, he regarded his blindness as God's special dotage.

从那以后, 他认为他的盲是上帝的特别溺爱.

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