1dote on/upon somebodyphrasal verbphr vLOVEto love someone very much, and show this by your actions 溺爱,宠爱
Everyone doted on Sally, the only girl in the family.
人人都溺爱萨莉,她是家里唯一的女孩。
—dotingadjectiveadj [only before noun]
a doting parent
溺爱孩子的家长
—dotinglyadverbadv
Examples from the Corpus
dote on/upon • Things like a freshly made bed, regular meals, some one to dote on him like a bloodyfool!• Roses, for instance, dote onstickysoil.• What Magicbids me now so fondly dote On what so lately I disdain'd to look on?
Examples from the Corpus
dote• On my advanced age, I dote.• This is typical of the celebrityworshipsiteserected by doting fans.• Gloria had an old Studebaker that her doting father had given her.• I was born six months later and immediately became the darling of my dotinggrandmother.• No doubt the woman thought him a concerned, dotinghusband.• Telbis-Preis developed a secretfriendship with the diplomats, who would often dote over her young son, Nicolae.
Origindote
(1100-1200) Perhaps from Middle Low German or Middle Dutchdoten“to be stupid”