| 释义 |
waveless, a.|ˈweɪvlɪs|
[f. wave n. + -less.]
Having no waves or undulation; not agitated or disturbed by waves. Also fig.
a1597Peele David & Bethsabe (1599) B j b, Thy body smoother then this wauelesse spring. 1799Campbell Pleas. Hope ii. 127 In the waveless mirror of his mind. 1804Grahame Sabbath 212 A waveless lake, In which the wintry stars all bright appear. 1818Shelley Eugan. Hills 91 Beneath is spread like a green sea The waveless plain of Lombardy. 1842Barham Ingol. Leg., Fragm. Westm. Abbey 12 Above each knightly stall Unmoved, the banner'd blazonry hung waveless as a pall. 1872M. Collins Two Plunges for Pearl III. 166 Lotos-islands in a waveless bay. 1887G. W. Cable Grande Pointe v. in Century Mag. Mar. 668/1 Their delicately penciled brows, their dark, waveless hair. 1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Col. Reformer xii, Waveless uniformity, not to say monotony, of existence.
Hence ˈwavelessly adv.
1819Blackw. Mag. VI. 136 Wavelessly the river spread Its silver mirror. 1845Jane Robinson Whitehall iii, So placidly and wavelessly the winds of passion or guilt glide past the waters of time. |