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单词 anchorless
释义 anchorless, a.|ˈæŋkəlɪs|
[f. anchor n.1 + -less.]
Devoid of an anchor; fig. without firm hold, having nothing to repose upon; drifting.
1832Fraser's Mag. VI. 739/2 With all my anchorless thoughts adrift.1853C. Brontë Villette I. vi. 94 My homeless, anchorless, unsupported mind.1863J. Morison St. Bern. 69 The same anchorless insecurity as to what the invisible world would next do.1914R. Brooke Let. 7 Mar. in Coll. Poems (1929) p. cxii, I really do feel a little anchorless. I shall be glad to be back among you all, and tied to somewhere in England.1945P. Larkin North Ship 17 Then would the moon go raving, The moon, the anchorless Moon go swerving Down at the earth.
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