| 释义 |
speedless, a.|ˈspiːdlɪs|
Also 4 spedeles, 6 speedeles.
[f. speed n. + -less.]
1. Profitless, ineffectual, unsuccessful.
13..S. Erkenwolde 93 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 268 Þer was spedeles space to spyr vsch one oþer Quat body hit myȝt be þat buried wos þer. a1542Wyatt Poet. Wks. (1861) 114 A speedless proof I have endured; And now I leave it to them that lust. 1571Golding Calvin on Ps. xx. 20 David poureth not oute his moninges as vaine and speedlesse. c1611Chapman Iliad xvi. 441 But no such speedless flight Patroclus let his spear perform. 1821Clare Vill. Minstr. II. 71 Till speedless trials prove the doubted elf As skill'd in noise and sounds as Hodge himself.
2. Of persons: Meeting with no success.
1586Warner Alb. Eng. i. vi. (1589) 21 For Lycus, speedles in his lust, against her so had frownde. 1615Chapman Odyss. v. 40 It obeys thy powers; And in their ship returne the speedlesse wowers. |