English-Thai Dictionary

dodder

N พืช พวก ปรสิต 

 

dodder along

PHRV เดินโซเซ  เดิน ง่ อก แง่ ก  เดิน โงนเงน  doen-so-se

 

doddered

A ที่ อ่อนแอ 

 

doddering

ADJ เดินโซเซ (ด้วย ความ ชรา  เดิน ยักแย่ยักยัน  เดิน ตัวสั่น งันงก  shaky a tremble done-so-sea

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DODDER

n.[G.] A plant of the genus Cuscuta, one species of which is called hell-weed. It is almost destitute of leaves, parasitical, creeping and fixing itself to some other plant, as to hops, flax and particularly to the nettle. It decays at the root, and is nourished by the plant that supports it, by means of little vesicles or papillae, which attach themselves to the stalk.

 

DODDERED

a.Overgrown with dodder; covered with supercrescent plants.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DODDER

Dod "der, n. Etym: [Cf. Dan. dodder, Sw. dodra, G. dotter. ] (Bot. )

 

Defn: A plant of the genus Cuscuta. It is a leafless parasitical vine with yellowish threadlike stems. It attaches itself to some other plant, as to flax, goldenrod, etc. , and decaying at the root. is nourished by the plant that supports it.

 

DODDER

Dod "der, v. t. & i. Etym: [Cf. AS. dyderian to deceive, delude, and E. didder, dudder. ]

 

Defn: To shake, tremble, or totter. "The doddering mast. " Thomson.

 

DODDERED

DODDERED Dod "dered, a.

 

Defn: Shattered; infirm. "A laurel grew, doddered with age. " Dryden.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dodder

dod der 1 |ˈdädər ˈdɑdər | ▶verb [ no obj. ] tremble or totter, typically because of old age: spent and nerve-weary, I doddered into the foyer of a third-rate hotel | (as adj. doddering ) : that doddering old fool. DERIVATIVES dod der er noun, dod der y adjective ORIGIN early 17th cent.: variant of obsolete dialect dadder; related to dither .

 

dodder

dod der 2 |ˈdɑdər ˈdädər | ▶noun a widely distributed parasitic climbing plant of the morning glory family, with leafless threadlike stems that are attached to the host plant by means of suckers. [Genus Cuscuta, family Convolvulaceae. ] ORIGIN Middle English: related to Middle Low German doder, dodder, Middle High German toter .

 

Oxford Dictionary

dodder

dodder 1 |ˈdɒdə | ▶verb [ no obj. ] (often as adj. doddering ) tremble or totter, typically because of old age: that doddering old fool. DERIVATIVES dodderer noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: variant of obsolete dialect dadder; related to dither .

 

dodder

dodder 2 |ˈdɒdə | ▶noun a widely distributed parasitic climbing plant of the convolvulus family, with leafless thread-like stems that are attached to the host plant by means of suckers. ●Genus Cuscuta, family Convolvulaceae. ORIGIN Middle English: related to Middle Low German doder, dodder, Middle High German toter .

 

doddery

dod ¦dery |ˈdɒd (ə )ri | ▶adjective slow and unsteady in movement because of weakness in old age. DERIVATIVES dodderiness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

dodder

dodder verb doddering along the sidewalk: totter, teeter, toddle, hobble, shuffle, shamble, falter.

 

doddering, doddery

doddering, doddery adjective a doddering patient who needs constant supervision: tottering, tottery, staggering, shuffling, shambling, faltering, shaky, unsteady, wobbly; feeble, frail, weak.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

dodder

dodder verb the old couple doddered out of the hotel lounge: totter, teeter, toddle, hobble, shuffle, shamble, falter, walk haltingly, walk with difficulty, move falteringly, stumble, stagger, sway, lurch, reel; wobble, shake, tremble, quiver; Scottish & N. English hirple; rare doddle.

 

doddering

doddering adjective a doddering old man with an ear trumpet: tottering, tottery, teetering, doddery, staggering, shuffling, shambling, faltering, shaking, shaky, unsteady, wobbly, wobbling, trembling, trembly, quivering; feeble, frail, weak, weakly, infirm, decrepit; aged, old, elderly, long in the tooth, in one's dotage, senile. ANTONYMS sprightly.

 

doddery

doddery adjective a doddery old lady. See doddering.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

dodder

dod der /dɑ́də r |dɔ́də /動詞 自動詞 ｟くだけて ｠(高齢のため )よろよろ歩く (along ); 震える, ぐらつく .～er 名詞

 

doddering

dod der ing /dɑ́d (ə )rɪŋ |dɔ́d -/形容詞 ｟くだけて けなして ｠〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗(高齢 病気などが原因で )よろよろした, 足元がふらついた 〈人 〉.

 

doddery

dod der y /dɑ́d (ə )ri |dɔ́d -/形容詞 ｟くだけて ｠〈高齢者 病人などが 〉よろよろ歩く, 足元がふらつく (doddering ).