dote

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /dəʊt/    美 /doʊt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A darling, a cutie. Ireland,countable
    — But to be sure baby Boardman was as good as gold, a perfect little dote in his new fancy bib.
  2. Dowry. obsolete
  3. An imbecile; a dotard. countable,obsolete
    — How did his death-bed make him a doate!
  4. Decay in a tree. rare,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To be weakly or foolishly fond of somebody. intransitive,stative,usually,with-on
    — Little Bill's parents just keep doting on him.
  2. To endow, donate. obsolete,transitive
  3. To act in a foolish manner; to be senile. archaic,intransitive
    — He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated, and doted long before he died.
  4. To rot, decay. intransitive,obsolete,rare

词形变化

dotes present,singular,third-person doting participle,present doted participle,past doted past doat alternative,obsolete dotes plural doat alternative,obsolete dotes plural doat alternative,obsolete dotes present,singular,third-person doting participle,present doted participle,past doted past doat alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
mimmerkin
衍生词
dotage fordote dodipole dotary dotel dotery dotish doty

词源

词源 1
The verb is derived from Middle English doten, from Middle Low German doten (“to be foolish”) or Middle Dutch doten (“to be silly”). Doublet of doit (Scottish English).
The noun in the sense of "imbecile" is derived from Middle English dote (“simpleton”), itself from doten (see above). The noun in the sense of "darling" and "decay" is derived from the modern verb.
词源 2
From Middle English dote (“endowment”) (c. 1450), from Middle French dote (modern dot), from Latin dos.
词源 3
From Middle French doter, Latin dōtāre.
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