dodder
verb [ I ] uk/ˈdɒd.ər/ us/ˈdɑː.dɚ/
（尤指因为年老而）蹒跚，摇摇晃晃
to move slowly and weakly, as if you might fall, especially because of being very old
There's an old family servant who dodders around. 有一个步履蹒跚的老仆人。
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- 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.
dodder
noun [ C or U ] uk/ˈdɒd.ər/ us/ˈdɑː.dɚ/
菟丝子
a type of yellow or orange plant that lives and feeds on other plants
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。
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- 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- This sucker-like organ inserted into the cells of the host, through which food is withdrawn, is found in fungi and parasitic flowering plants, such as dodder.