spiritless

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Lacking energy, drive, motivation or emotion. Enervated.
    — The team played a spiritless first half, just going through the motions. But the realization they were playing for their sick friend energized them for the second half.

词形变化

more spiritless comparative most spiritless superlative

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.?
Latin spīrō
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Italic *-tus
Latin -tus
Latin spīritus
Old French espiritbor.
Middle English spirit
English spirit
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 spiritless
From spirit + -less.
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