释义 |
moteless, a.|ˈməʊtlɪs| [f. mote n.1 + -less.] †1. Without blemish, spotless. Obs.
13..E. E. Allit. P. A. 898 Þat moteles meyny. 1648Earl of Westmorland Otia Sacra 46 (My Looking-glass) For if thou shouldst like to thy self, rubb'd ore, Give All for Moteless that comes Thee before. 2. Free from motes or minute dust-particles.
1876City-Road Mag. 141/1 When the air was rendered moteless. 1880W. S. Kent Infusoria I. 127 Those pure and moteless optic conditions of the atmosphere. 1882American 19 Aug. 298/2 In this moteless air were placed test-tubes containing various organic infusions. 1890Tyndall in Fortn. Rev. 1 Jan. 7 Into one of these rooms, which was stocked with my moteless chambers, I took Mr. Carlyle. 1932[see beam-blindness]. |