| 释义 |
thieveless, a. Sc.|ˈθiːvlɪs|
[Of uncertain origin; first in Ramsay, ? misreading of earlier theueles, thewless, to which it answers in sense.]
Void of energy, ineffectual, aimless; spiritless, not serious; cold, without warmth of manner.
1725Ramsay Gentle Sheph. i. i, She cam wi a right thieveless errand back. 1786Burns Brigs of Ayr 89 Wi' thieveless sneer to see his modish mien, He, down the water, gies him this guid-e'en. 1835Carrick Laird of Logan 289 (E.D.D.) She answered in a gay, thieveless-like way. 1897R. M. Fergusson Vill. Poet xiii. 80 He..appeared listless, or, as he himself expressed it, ‘rale thieveless’.
b. ‘Applied to weather in a sort of intermediate or uncertain state. Thus, a thieveless day is one that has no decided character, neither properly good nor bad’ (Jamieson, s.v. Thewles). |