| 词汇 | dodder |
| 释义 | dodder verb[ I ] uk /ˈdɒd.ər/ us /ˈdɑː.dɚ/ to move slowly and weakly, as if you might fall, especially because of being very old: （尤指因为年老而）蹒跚，摇摇晃晃 dodder aroundThere's an old family servant who dodders around.有一个步履蹒跚的老仆人。 to walk in a way that is not controlled or even stumbleHe was stumbling around the house like he was drunk. lumberWe held our breath as a black bear lumbered across the hiking trail ahead of us. galumphThe children galumphed down the steps and raced outside to play. bumbleHe bumbled into her and spilled her drink down her gown. falterThe dancer faltered right before the jump and landed awkwardly. totterHe tottered carefully down the gangplank, clutching at the railing. In this part of town in the past, old ladies doddered about clad in dressing gown, slippers and curlers. If living to 100 means two decades doddering around getting increasingly frail and losing my marbles, then count me out. Nobody wants people doddering around in nursing homes, in pain and heavily medicated. If you're swaying and doddering on the spot, a little the worse for wear, then bar staff can refuse to serve you. Moving unsteadily or with difficulty blunder bumble dodderer doddery falter favour halting inflexibly limp lollop lumber lumpily lurch teeter toddle toil totter tottering trundle tumble dodder noun[ C or U ] uk /ˈdɒd.ər/ us /ˈdɑː.dɚ/ a type of yellow or orange plant that lives and feeds on other plants: 菟丝子 The spindly orange vine known as dodder is a parasitic plant. 被称为菟丝子的橙色藤蔓是一种寄生植物。 Dodders are examples of ectoparasites, living outside the host, but attached to it by feeding organs.菟丝子是体外寄生虫的一个例子，它们生活在宿主之外，但通过摄食器官附着在宿主身上。 The dodder has no leaves and no connection with the soil after its seeds have germinated; the roots do not develop. Some people believe that dodder takes on the qualities of the plant it lives off, and the dodder that grows on thyme has been a favourite in European folk medicine. It's sometimes better to sacrifice the crop rather than let the dodder go uncontrolled. This sucker-like organ inserted into the cells of the host, through which food is withdrawn, is found in fungi and parasitic flowering plants, such as dodder. Climbing plants bindweed Boston ivy bougainvillea clematis climber fox grape grapevine honeysuckle hoya ivied old man's beard passion flower philodendron plumbago poison ivy sweet pea traveller's joy trumpet vine twining vine |
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