| 释义 |
mightless, a. Now arch.|ˈmaɪtlɪs|
[f. might n. + -less.]
Without might; impotent; powerless.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 111 He..bið swa mihtles on his modes streche þet [etc.]. c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 280 Priue pride in pes es nettille in herbere, Þe rose is myghtles, þe nettille spredis ouer fer. c1450Myrc Festial 55 Þys vnycorn..layth hys hed yn hur barme, myghtles without strengthe: and soo ys taken. 1553Becon Reliques of Rome (1563) 172 b, Olde people yt bene myghtlesse, weake, and impotente. a1584Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 305 Baith sichtles, and michtles, I grew almaist at ainis. 1887Morris Odyss. x. 521 Utter thou thy praying to the mightless heads of the dead. 1888Ibid. xviii. 130 There is nought more mightless than man of all that Earth doth breed.
b. Const. inf.
1340–70Alex. & Dind. 74 Þat may not be graunted Of me, þat miȝhteles am my silf so to kepe. a1450Myrc Festial 82 Old men passed age and myghtles to fast. 1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. ii. ii. Babylon 125 Might-lesse our selves to succour, or advise. |