| 释义 |
ˈclueless, a. colloq.|ˈkluːlɪs|
[f. clue + -less.]
a. Without a clue, trackless.
b. Ignorant; uninformed; stupid. Cf. clue n. 2 e. Hence ˈcluelessness, ignorance.
1862Lytton Str. Story (1867) 181 Opening out, desert on desert, into clueless and measureless space! 1862Sat. Rev. XIV. 555/2 Clueless wanderings in the labyrinth of scepticism. 1943C. H. Ward-Jackson Piece of Cake 22 ‘I'm clueless’—I don't know; or, ‘He's a clueless type’—the opposite of a gen wallah. 1957J. Braine Room at Top i. 15 Their two sons,..noisy and clumsy and clueless. 1957H. Croome Forgotten Place x. 121 She was completely clueless about making herself look nice. 1960C. Day Lewis Buried Day viii. 159 His anxiety, his sense of inferiority, his almost total cluelessness. |