| 释义 |
featherless, a.|ˈfɛðərlɪs|
[f. feather n. + -less.]
Without feathers, in various senses.
c1400Beryn 1764 To shete a fethirles bolt. 1483Cath. Angl. 124/2 Fedyrles or with owtyn feders, inplumis. c1510Barclay Mirr. Gd. Manners (1570) F iv, Yonge fetherlesse foules streyght taken from the nest. 1590W. Vallans Tale two Swannes, A haunted ducke..Was taken up all fetherlesse and bare. 1640Howell Dendrologia, Rhenusium 74 That featherlesse bird, which went about to begge plumes of other birds to cover his nakednesse. 1658Cleveland Rustic Rampant Wks. (1687) 407 Some with Bows and featherless Arrows. a1845Hood To Hahnemann iv, A featherless cocked-hat adorns his head. 1850Lyell 2nd Visit U.S. II. 223 Plato's definition of a man, ‘bipes implume’, ‘a featherless biped’.
Hence ˈfeatherlessness, the state of being without feathers.
1727in Bailey vol. II. |