| 单词 | dotage |
| 释义 | dotage noun[U] uk/ˈdəʊ.tɪdʒ/us/ˈdoʊ.t̬ɪdʒ/oldage,especiallywith somelossofmentalability 年迈（尤指年老糊涂）Compare second childhood The elderly
Examplesofdotagedotage This is a work of confident maturity, rather than eminentdotage. From theCambridge English Corpus Within a few years, the number of potentially testable diseases (many not appearing untildotage) will increase exponentially. From theCambridge English Corpus But if we do not keep a good balance between the two, we shall discover that heritage rhymes withdotage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 A system that was ageing in the 1990s has arrived at itsdotage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We met not only chiefs of police in theirdotagebut several who were in their ripe anecdotage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not believe in men hoarding great portions of their wealth up until they reach theirdotage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 All this talk comes from an agnostic who is going past his best in hisdotage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Nor could it be said that it is in itsdotagebecause it demands as a qualification some experience and action in public affairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps some woman might marry the tenant in hisdotageand give him £10,000 or £20,000 in order to get the tenancy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It was perhaps not so much that psychology was a science in its infancy as that a few of those who practised it were in theirdotage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In herdotagenow, she was even less likely to be hard-headed about history. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some time before his death, however, he had lost his eyesight and fallen intodotage. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Although he was at an age when many people settle intodotage, he could, and did, run circles around us all. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Of these, the speakers who have achieved fluency are ofdotage. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Married twice, in youth and indotage, he had no children of his own. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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