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单词 cellarless
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cellarlessadj.

Brit. /ˈsɛlələs/, U.S. /ˈsɛlərləs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cellar n.1, -less suffix.
Etymology: < cellar n.1 + -less suffix.
That has no cellar or cellars; esp. that is without a wine cellar.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room by situation > [adjective] > underground room or cellar > without
cellarless1847
1847 Spectator 8 May 444/2 The nobleman who has his own cellar can drink excellent wine at a price which would almost reconcile the cellarless middle-class man to use it as a substitute for beer.
1864 E. Burritt Walk to John O'Groats 310 I should not wonder if all the damp, low, cellarless cottages they now frequently inhabit should be swept away in less than fifty years.
1915 E. Wharton Fighting France 191 A vast catacomb of a wine-cellar fitted up partly as an ambulance and partly as a shelter for the cellarless.
1933 H. O'Connor Mellon's Millions xii. 217 Lyndora was built as a collection of flat-roofed, cellarless, clap-boarded structures.
1963 W. K. Muir in E. A. Bock State & Local Govt. 5 The huts were cellarless, but were raised off the ground by cinder blocks.
2005 Denver Post (Nexis) 21 Dec. f5 Finding room for more bottles of wine in a cellarless house can often be like piecing together a puzzle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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