Word · Frequency #24926
doting
溺爱的;偏爱的
核心释义
extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent
- 1.
充满爱意和关怀的。
Characterized by giving love and affection.
- 2.
表现出智力衰退的,尤指老年时发生的。
Showing a decline of mental faculties, especially when it occurs in old age.
充满爱意和关怀的。;表现出智力衰退的,尤指老年时发生的。;偏爱的;溺爱的
用法In use
My doting grandfather still sends me a birthday card every year.
用法提示:“doting”为形容词,意为“溺爱的”,在句中修饰“grandfather”(爷爷)。
She gave her puppy a doting smile before leaving for work.
用法提示:“doting”为形容词,意为“宠爱的”,在句中修饰“smile”(微笑)。
The doting parents clapped proudly at every moment of the school concert.
用法提示:“doting”为形容词,意为“溺爱的/宠爱的”,在句中修饰“parents”(父母)。
doting + noun
形容词用法,通常放在名词前,表示“十分宠爱、偏爱的”。
She is a doting mother.
她是一位溺爱孩子的母亲。
be doting on + noun
动词 dote on 的现在分词形式,也可用于分词短语,如 Doting on her children, she ...
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- doting parents
- 过分溺爱孩子的父母
- Her doting parents let her stay up as late as she wanted.她过分溺爱孩子的父母让她想多晚睡就多晚睡。
- doting father
- 溺爱孩子的父亲
- A doting father drove three hours just to watch his son's recital.一位溺爱孩子的父亲开了三小时车去看儿子的独奏会。
- doting mother
- 溺爱孩子的母亲
- The doting mother bought her daughter a new coat every season.那位溺爱孩子的母亲每个季节都给女儿买一件新外套。
- doting grandparents
- 溺爱孙辈的祖父母
- The doting grandparents could not resist the baby's smile.溺爱孙辈的祖父母无法抗拒婴儿的笑容。
- doting husband
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
助记:doting 里有 dot(点),长辈的爱‘点点滴滴’都倾注在孩子身上,便成了溺爱。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:describing parents or grandparents、literary or narrative writing doting 作形容词时多表示“过分宠爱、溺爱”,常见于描述父母长辈对子女的疼爱,比较常见于文学作品或较正式的书面表达;口语中也能听到,但带明显感情色彩。通常不含强烈贬义,需结合上下文判断。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
floating, voting, coating, and boating rhyme with doting (all share stressed /əʊ/ + t + ɪŋ). Dotting and tooting look similar in spelling but sound different: dotting has a short /ɒ/ vowel (the double t shortens the 'o') and tooting has long /uː/ (as in 'toot').
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