needlelessadj.

Brit.

/ˈniːd(ə)lləs/, U.S.

/ˈnidə(l)ləs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: needle n., -less suffix.

Etymology: < needle n. + -less suffix.

Lacking a needle or needles (in various senses); functioning or effected without a needle or needles, esp. in the administration of drugs.

ΚΠ

1872 W. E. Webb Buffalo Land xiii. 194 Without compasses they would be as hopelessly lost as needleless mariners.

1940 Science 26 July 92/1 Dissolve or suspend the material in a sucrose solution and measure it from a needleless tuberculin syringe into a rat's mouth.

1959 Northwest Med. 58 982 (title) New apparatus for needleless injection.

1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 23 June (Virginia Weekly section) The tree-hunters paid a return visit..to a blue spruce.., but rejected it because it..had some ‘die-back’, needleless branches that gave the tree an emaciated look.

1995 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 15 Nov. 20 Needle-less injectors have been around around for years.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	needleless
释义	needlelessadj. Brit. /ˈniːd(ə)lləs/, U.S. /ˈnidə(l)ləs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: needle n., -less suffix. Etymology: < needle n. + -less suffix. Lacking a needle or needles (in various senses); functioning or effected without a needle or needles, esp. in the administration of drugs. ΚΠ 1872 W. E. Webb Buffalo Land xiii. 194 Without compasses they would be as hopelessly lost as needleless mariners. 1940 Science 26 July 92/1 Dissolve or suspend the material in a sucrose solution and measure it from a needleless tuberculin syringe into a rat's mouth. 1959 Northwest Med. 58 982 (title) New apparatus for needleless injection. 1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 23 June (Virginia Weekly section) The tree-hunters paid a return visit..to a blue spruce.., but rejected it because it..had some ‘die-back’, needleless branches that gave the tree an emaciated look. 1995 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 15 Nov. 20 Needle-less injectors have been around around for years. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1872
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