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doddering

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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dod·der·ing /ˈdɒdərɪŋ $ ˈdɑː-/ adjective  MIWALKshaking slightly and walking with difficulty because of old age 〔因年老而〕步履蹒跚的 a doddering old man 一个步履蹒跚的老人dodder verb [intransitive]
Examples from the Corpus
dodderingThe cab journey downtown was an anguish of effort, of clogged and doddering crisis.I was particularly amused by Anthony Dowell's cameo as the doddering Emperor, complete with gilded wheelchair.He pretended to his family and friends that his doddering gait was due to old soccer injuries.Why add them, with their evocation of the doddering loon, slumped, with listless ear-trumpet, over the board table?I had expected Gillis to be long since dead or at best a doddering ninety-year-old.Couldn't get round that doddering old snail.
dod·der·ing adjectiveChineseSyllable
difficulty and Corpus slightly walking with shaking because


doddering
doddering /ˈdɒdərɪŋ $ ˈdɑː-/ adjective
shaking slightly and walking with difficulty because of old age:
    a doddering old man
—dodder verb [intransitive]


dod·der·ingBrE /ˈdɒdərɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdɑːdərɪŋ/ 🔊 (BrE also dod·dery BrE /ˈdɒdəri/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdɑːdəri/ 🔊) adjectiveweak, slow and not able to walk in a steady way, especially because you are old (尤指因年迈)衰弱而步履蹒跚的