Dote

dote







Y

vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)

          1.    年老昏聵

          2.    溺愛[(+on/upon)]

                      She dotes on her grandchildren.

                      她溺愛孫兒女。



D



–verb (used without object) Also, doat. 

1. to bestow 

or 

express excessive love or fondness habitually (usually fol. by on or upon): They dote [on] their youngest daughter.  



2. to show a decline of mental faculties, esp. associated with old age. 



–noun 

3. decay of wood. 





C



dote (v.)



means "to be old, weak-minded, and foolish" and, 



in combination with the preposition on,"to be fond 

or 

affectionate to the point of foolishness,"as in She simply dotes [on] her [grandson], showering him with gifts and endearments.





　

Dramatic attention [a]lights [upon] four women watching their young children at a playground, three nattering types and one outsider, Sarah (Kate Winslet), a more pensive observer with little patience for extended discussion of toddler issues. 



The three cackling [hens] go into a dither at the arrival of a long-absent young father so dreamy they've dubbed him the Prom King. They've never dared speak to him as he's played with his little son, so Sarah delight[s] in betting she can get his phone number. 



Instead, in a beautifully played scene that [locks] the viewer [into] the protags' story, they have a delicate, probing chat which ends with them briefly kissing in front of the children and other women.



dither

–noun 

1. a trembling; vibration.

2. a state 

of 

flustered excitement or fear. 



–verb (used without object) 

3. to act irresolutely; vacillate.

4. North England. to tremble with excitement or fear.



Still, the pic spends an unexpected amount of time with ex-con Ronald, whose doting mother (the wonderful Phyllis Somerville) encourages him to date again. This [leads] to a startlingly tender, if ultimately dismaying, 



dinner scene between Ronald and the emotionally [damaged] Sheila (Jane Adams, terrific), and Ronald's [path] eventually comes to cross those of the other characters in a way that will have most mothers in the audience cringing.





codger

cad 

callow cherub

impish

lad

The lad is determined to let his acting do the talking 

swain

a love-sick swain

waif

Nubile