no obj.
1
dote on/upon
be extremely and uncritically fond of溺爱, 宠爱：she doted on her two young children.
她对她的两个幼儿非常溺爱。
as adj. doting she was spoiled outrageously by her doting father.她被溺爱她的父亲宠坏了。
2
- archaic 〈古〉be silly or feeble-minded, especially as a result of old age（尤因年老而）昏聩, 糊涂：
the parson is now old and dotes.
那个牧师现在是又老又糊涂。
- Irish informal a sweet or adorable person〈爱尔兰, 非正式〉可爱的人：
he's gorgeous and the twins are dotes.
他光彩照人, 一对双胞胎长得也很可爱。
派生词
doter
noundotingly
adverb词源
Middle English （in the sense 'act or talk foolishly'）： of uncertain origin; related to Middle Dutch doten 'be silly'.