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单词 earless
释义 I. earless, a.1|ˈɪəlɪs|
[f. ear n.1 + -less.]
1. Having no ears:
a. of human beings and animals;
b. of drinking vessels, etc. (cf. ear n.1 7);
c. Conch. of bivalve shells.
1611Cotgr., Essoreillé..earelesse, without eares.1796Morse Amer. Geog. I. 105 Earless mammot [misspelt for marmot].1828Blackw. Mag. XXIII. 598 He was..earless, eyeless, cheekless, noseless, and chinless.1854Woodward Mollusca (1856) 261 Aucella..left umbo prominent, earless.1870E. Peacock Ralf Skirl. II. 136 Dainty little earless china cups.
2. Destitute of the sense of hearing, or of musical ear. Also poet. of places: Where nothing can be heard.
1802Wordsw. Sonn. To Toussaint l'Ouv., In some deep dungeon's earless den.1865Alex. Smith Summ. Skye I. 180 Weary of singing his songs to the earless rocks and sea waves.1876C. M. Yonge Womankind vi. 44 Just as the earless are given up as to music.
II. earless, a.2|ˈɪəlɪs|
[f. ear n.2]
Of stalks of corn: Destitute of ears.
a1400Chester Pl., Death Abel i. (1843) 38 Cain. Thes earles cornes..offer I will to daye.
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