单词 | bleakness |
释义 | bleaknessn. The quality of being bleak; chilly bareness. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [noun] > unpleasant or penetrating chillness1598 bleakness1600 chilliness1764 chill1788 1600 L. Lewkenor tr. A. de Torquemada Spanish Mandeuile f. 136 The bleeknes [printed bleetenes] of this wind..is cause that..the Rivers, ponds, and Lakes are all frozen. 1723 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth (ed. 3) 81 The great Bleakness and Cold of those Countryies. 1851 J. P. Nichol Archit. Heavens (ed. 9) 27 The awful bleakness of space. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1600 |
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