单词 | no-stretch |
释义 | > as lemmasno-stretch b. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘that does not have, involve, or need (the thing denoted by the following noun)’, as no-school poet; no-colour, (cf. no-coloured at Compounds 2b); also with bare infinitive of a verb used as a noun, as no-stretch, etc. See also no-calorie adj., no-fault adj. and n., no-fines adj. and n., etc. ΚΠ 1832 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 47 95 The other of these no-school poets favoured us with some samples of his poetry. 1845 E. A. Poe Compl. Wks. (1902) XIV. 170 The pure, the no-color, black. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table xii. 336 A real, genuine, no-mistake Osiris. 1898 Daily News 13 Oct. 4/4 The Cape Ministry has resigned in consequence of the No-Confidence Vote on Tuesday night. 1902 R. Machray Night Side of London ii. 23 The clubs, both high-class and no-class, are not all closed. 1930 E. Pound Draft of XXX Cantos vii. 27 Brown-yellow wood, and the no colour plaster. 1936 ‘J. Beynon’ Planet Plane 58 I didn't think we were going to hit the no-gravity zone so soon. 1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake i. 125 And uses noclass billiardhalls with an upandown ladder? 1969 New Statesman 18 July 80/1 ‘It's a gas, man, it's a rave,’ says a no-bra girl. 1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 26 Sept. 1/5 (caption) Empty cans and no-deposit bottles lie around a tree. 1977 Time 21 Nov. 45/3 Jewel, along with its 59–store affiliate, the Star Market chain in the Boston area, now offers as many as 88 no-brand products ranging from flour to laundry detergent. 1985 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 9 Oct. a10/1 (advt.) Call Eaton's Home Security for a no-charge estimate. 1987 Graphics World Nov.–Dec. 49 (advt.) The only professional DTL rub-down system with the no-stretch, no-crease Mylar backing. 1990 Aviation World July–Aug. 36/2 There are three basic types of exercise; no notice, synthetic and live. No notice readiness exercises are held twice a year. < as lemmas |
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