| 释义 |
ˈvainful, a. Obs. exc. dial.
Also 6 vaynfull.
[f. vain a. + -ful.]
Vain, unprofitable, useless.
1509Hawes Past. Pleas. 55 They..spende theyr time in vaynful vanyte. 1573Tusser Husb. (1878) 10 Though countrie be more painfull, and not so greedie gainfull, yet is it not so vainfull, in following fansies eie. 1888in Elworthy W. Som. Word-bk. 795.
Hence † ˈvainfully adv., in vain, vainly. Obs.
1509Hawes Conv. Swearers 21 Vnto the man I gaue commaundement Not to take the name of thy God vaynfully. |