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dote upon

/doht/US // doʊt //UK // (dəʊt) //

宠爱,疼爱,宠爱有加,疼惜

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    dot·ed, dot·ing.Also doat .

    • : to bestow or express excessive love or fondness habitually: They dote on their youngest daughter.
    • : to show a decline of mental faculties, especially associated with old age.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : decay of wood.

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Examples

  • So why does one species of dads dote over their children while the other bolts?

  • Sure, I like the going out to the restaurants and the the-ayters, and I dote on dancing; but—say—thats not all the game.

  • We'll all dote on him, hell be my reward If I dissemble.Lam.

  • It is long since the sick world began to dote and talk idly: would she had but doted still!

  • Oftentimes I forget my very name, so sharp a pang striking through my forehead that I dote and stare and forget all else.

  • If ever one creature did dote upon another, Mr. George loved that sweet child.