"doddering" in Chinese (Simplified)
步履蹒跚的摇摇晃晃的
Definition
通常形容因年老而行动或说话虚弱、不稳或颤抖的人。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
常用于描述非常年老的人,语气通常温和,有时带点幽默或怜悯。一般用于名词前,如“a doddering old man”。很少用于年轻人。
Examples
She helped her doddering grandfather into the chair.
她扶着她那位**步履蹒跚的**祖父坐到了椅子上。
The doddering woman forgot where she put her keys.
这位**步履蹒跚的**老太太忘记了钥匙放哪了。
Don't mind Grandpa, he's just a little doddering these days.
别在意爷爷,他最近有点**步履蹒跚的**。
The doddering man slowly crossed the street.
那位**步履蹒跚的**老人慢慢过了马路。
The actor played a convincing doddering professor in the movie.
这位演员在电影中饰演了一个非常真实的**步履蹒跚的**教授。
You can't call him just a doddering old man—he still goes hiking every weekend!
你不能只叫他**步履蹒跚的**老人—他现在每个周末都去远足!