| 单词 | aitchless |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈaitchless ˈaitchless adj. lacking an h; (esp. of a person or speech) characterized by the dropping of aitches; cf. h-less adj. at H n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [adjective] > in pronunciation > not aspirating H aitchless1865 h-less1893 aitch-free1925 1865 Fortn. Rev. 1 755 As well might you expect the fussy country tradesman to allow the mouldy municipality of his fading town to be swept away, where he airs his ‘aitchless’ eloquence. 1894 G. Du Maurier Trilby II. 135 Hebrew capitalists and aitchless millionaires. 1937 ‘G. Orwell’ Road to Wigan Pier xiii. 257 Even the aitchless millionaire, though sometimes he..learns a B.B.C. accent, seldom succeeds in disguising himself as completely as he would like to. 2002 A. Coren in Times (Nexis) 9 Jan. There was another Coren in Harry's Hoxton house (an aitchless address in 1901, but..a poncy installation gallery now). < as lemmas |
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