dodder

名词 dodder:

1. a leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems; obtain nourishment through haustoria

动词 dodder:

1. walk unsteadily
   同义词：toddle, coggle, totter, paddle, waddle

1. He doddered down the street.
   他踉踉跄跄沿街走去。
2. He is over eighty, but he still dodders along.
   他年过八十，但仍蹒跚而行。

dodder

v.intr.（不及物动词）
dod.dered,dod.der.ing,dod.ders
To shake or tremble, as from old age; totter.
老态龙钟：因年老而颤抖；蹒跚而行
To progress in a feeble, unsteady manner.
脚步蹒跚：颤巍巍地行进

来源：
Alteration of Middle English daderen
中古英语 daderen的变化

【引伸】
dod.derer
n.（名词）

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dodder
dodder 2

n.（名词）
Any of various leafless, annual parasitic herbs of the genusCuscuta that lack chlorophyll and have slender, twining, yellow or reddish stems and small whitish flowers.
菟丝子，菟丝子属植物：一年生无叶寄生草本植物菟丝子属 ，缺少叶绿素，有细长蜷曲黄色或浅红色茎，开白色小花

来源：
Middle English doder
中古英语 doder
possibly from Middle Dutch [yolk of an egg (from the yellow color of the blossom of one species of this plant)]
可能源自 中古荷兰语 [蛋黄（由这类植物中的一种所开黄花得名）]