juiceless

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Without juice or sap.
    — The ravviſh danke of clumzie vvinter ramps / The fluent ſummers vaine: and drizling ſleete / Chilleth the vvan bleak cheek of the numd earth, / VVhilſt ſnarling guſts nibble the iuyceles leaues, / From the nak't ſhuddring branch; […]
  2. Dry, dull; lacking vivacity or spirit.
    — The three R's were abominably taught and the course of work was narrow and juiceless to the extreme.

词形变化

more juiceless comparative most juiceless superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
juicelessness

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *yéwHs
Latin iūs
Old French jusbor.
Middle English jus
English juice
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 juiceless
From juice + -less.
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