| 释义 |
ˈpatronless, a.
[f. patron n. + -less.]
Without a patron.
1647Fuller Good Th. in Worse T. Pref. (1841) 74 If any wonder that this treatise comes patronless into the world. 1710Shaftesbury Adv. to Author ii. i, The Arts and Sciences must not be left Patron-less. 1867J. Macfarlane Mem. T. Archer iv. 71 He was penniless and patronless. |