dodderer
noun [ C ] mainly UK uk/ˈdɒd.ər.ər/ us/ˈdɑː.dɚ.ɚ/
（尤指因为年老而）蹒跚行走的人
someone who moves around slowly and weakly, as if they might fall, especially because of being very old
When he talks to sixth-formers, he starts off by saying that they probably think he's a dusty old dodderer. 当他与中学六年级的学生交谈时，他一开始就说，他们可能认为他是一个满身灰尘、颤颤巍巍的老头。
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- They portrayed him as an old dodderer who had lost his memory.
- The Prince's tutor is a sweet-tempered old dodderer.
- Lear makes his entrance hobbling painfully forward on a stick like some senile and decrepit dodderer.
- Will we become a nation of dodderers? That depends on how we age.