dotage

英语

词源

dote +‎ -age，源自中古英语 doten (“溺爱；老糊涂”)。

发音

• (通用美式) 国际音标^(帮助): /ˈdoʊtɪd͡ʒ/
• (标准英音) 国际音标^(帮助): /ˈdəʊtɪdʒ/

  • （英国南部）音频：

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名词

dotage (可数 和 不可数，复数 dotages)

1. 衰老，老糊涂

   近义词：senility

   • 1841, Charles Dickens, 章号 1, 出自 The Old Curiosity Shop:

     "More care!" said the old man. […] There were in his face marks of deep and anxious thought which convinced me that he could not be, as I had been at first inclined to suppose, in a state of dotage or imbecility.

     （请为本引文添加中文翻译）

2. 溺爱，娇惯
   • Template:RQ:Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing
3. 胡话
   • Template:RQ:Milton Collected Works

近义词

• (老糊涂)： second childhood

异序词

• dogate, goated, togaed

中古英语

词源

源自doten +‎ -age。

发音

• 国际音标^(帮助): /dɔːˈtaːd͡ʒ(ə)/, /ˈdɔːtad͡ʒ(ə)/

名词

dotage (不可数) (Late Middle English)

1. 荒唐，愚蠢
   1. 盲目
   2. 衰老，老糊涂
2. 分解；腐败；垮塌

派生语汇

• 英语: dotage

参考资料

• “dōtāǧe, n.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.