单词 | depthless |
释义 | depthlessadj. 1. Of which the depth cannot be sounded; fathomless; abyssal. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [adjective] > very groundlessc888 bottomlessc1400 profound?a1425 neal1574 soundlessc1595 insoundable1602 gulfy1607 unbottomed1615 depthless1619 unsoundable1629 chin-deep1634 fathomless1638 abysming1644 unfounded1648 abysmal1656 plumbless1665 unfathomablea1676 chasmy1793 fathom-deep1835 plummetlessc1861 chasmal1871 abyssal1903 1619 H. Hutton Follie's Anat. sig. B4v A Sabariticke Sea, a depthlesse Gulfe. 1620 T. Dekker Dreame sig. B4 Were..My Pen, of pointed Adamant..Mine inke, a depthlesse Sea. 1654 E. Johnson Hist. New-Eng. 132 The depthlesse ditches that blind guides lead into. 1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 24 159 The salt flood's limitless—depthless waters. 2. Without depth actually; shallow, superficial. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > shallowness > [adjective] shoal839 undeepc897 shallow14.. ebbc1425 fluec1440 light1556 fleet1629 depthless1816 1816 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. (1882) 318 The depthless abstractions of fleeting phenomena, the shadows of sailing vapours. 1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 160 The breadthless Lines, depthless Surfaces, and perfect Circles of Geometry. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1619 |
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