释义 |
ˈpeopleless, a. [f. as peopledom + -less.] Having no people or population; uninhabited.
1621Lady M. Wroth Urania 115 Delos..once rich and populous, now poore and peoplelesse. 1643T. Case Serm. in Kerr Covenants & Cov. (1895) 248 Thy sword hath made many a faithful minister peopleless. 1855R. Chambers in Chamb. Jrnl. IV. 185/1 All seemed as desolate and peopleless as when Ingolf first approached the island. |