doddering

英 [ˈdɒdərɪŋ]

美 [ˈdɑːdərɪŋ]

adj. (尤指因年迈)衰弱而步履蹒跚的

COCA.40236

牛津词典

adj.

（尤指因年迈）衰弱而步履蹒跚的
weak, slow and not able to walk in a steady way, especially because you are old

ADJ 年老体衰的，老态龙钟的(对人不敬的说法)
If you refer to someone as adodderingold man or woman, you are saying in a disrespectful way that they are old and not strong.
1. ...a doddering old man making his will before he's too senile.
  趁尚未老糊涂之前立下遗嘱的年迈老者

adj

mentally or physically infirm with age
1. his mother was doddering and frail
Synonym:dodderygagasenile

We now know that Rupert just might be a doddering old fool, that his son can prevaricate with the best of them, and that Wendi Deng has clearly been put on edge by the whole experience.
现在我们知道，鲁伯特或许只是一个糊涂的糟老头子，他儿子则是尽其所能支吾其词，而且显然整个事件已经让他的妻子邓文迪变得神经紧张。
He reeled and swayed, doddering like a drunken man to keep from falling.
他像酒醉一样地晃荡着，好让自己不致跌倒。
As if I were a doddering old relic.
使我不再像那个蹒跚的老太婆。
The man promptly went the opposite way to look for her sister However, he only found a doddering old lady on the road.
这个男人马上转身跑去找她妹妹。然而，他在路上只看见一个老态龙钟的老太婆。
In the Guangzhou Zoo I saw a South China tiger in its doddering old age.
在广州动物园我看见一只老态龙钟的华南虎。
But inside he found only a doddering old monk cooking gruel.
想着，走入看时，只有一个龙钟老僧在那里煮粥。
The active on surface, means the doddering inside?
表面上的活力，是否是内心的衰竭。
Fell in the house filled with dust and shadows, with only a doddering Negro man to wait on her.
在一栋尘埃遍地、鬼影憧憧的屋子里得了病，侍候她的只有一个老态龙钟的黑人。
She was doddering and frail.
她蹒跚而行，身体虚弱。