1610s, perhaps from Middle English daderen "to quake, tremble" (late 15c.), apparently frequentative of dialectal dade, on a form similar to totter, patter. Related: Doddered; doddering.
例文
1. ジムはぼんやりとうなずいて台所に行った。
2.A few bays after her operation,she could only dodder along.
彼は術後数日以内によろよろするしかなかった。
3.After the accident,the driver could only dodder along.
事故後、運転手はよろよろするしかなかった。
4.The poor old man is beginning to dodder .
あのかわいそうなじいさんは衰弱して震え始めた。
5.The dodder is one kind of annual autoecious weed of alfalfa,cosmopolitan weed quarantine object.