| 释义 |
figureless, a.|ˈfɪgəlɪs, -jʊəlɪs|
[f. figure n. + -less.]
Without figure or a figure.
1. Without shape, shapeless.
1606Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iv. i. (1641) 198/2 If heer..I write..These Figures figure-less. 1892W. S. Lilly Gt. Enigma 287 They are figureless and formless.
2. Not bearing a figure.
1849Rock Ch. of Fathers II. vi. 262 The plain, figureless, wooden cross, borne in procession during Passion-tide.
3. Mus. Devoid of figure (see figure n. 24).
1887E. Gurney Tertium Quid II. 30 Figureless counter-pointless see-sawings. |