aidless

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Without aid.
    — 1637, John Milton, Comus, London: Humphrey Robinson, p. 20, I found the place Where that dam’d wisard hid in slie-disguise (For so by certain signs I knew) had met Alreadie, ere my best speed could praevent The aidlesse innocent Ladie his wish’t prey,
  2. Without mechanical assistance.
    — Aidless navigation has the advantage of not requiring equipment, but is much less accurate.

词形变化

more aidless comparative most aidless superlative

词源

Etymology tree
English aid
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English aidless
From aid + -less.
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