stinglessadj.

/ˈstɪŋlɪs/

Etymology: < sting n.² + -less suffix.

Having no sting. literal and figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or not dangerous > safe or harmless > specific

stingless1554

unenvenomed1831

unconsuming1836

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adjective] > armed > with sting > not

stingless1554

1554 T. Martin Traictise Marriage of Priestes xiv. sig. Mmii^v [They] were nowe able..to treade vnder fote the head of their lustes, as of a stingles serpent.

1604 J. Webster in J. Marston & J. Webster Malcontent (new ed.) Induct. sig. A3^v There are a sort of discontented creatures that beare a stingelesse envie to great ones.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) v. i. 36.

1618 G. Chapman tr. Hesiod Georgicks i. 15 The slothfull man is like the sting-lesse Drone.

1724 W. Derham in Philos. Trans. 1722–3 (Royal Soc.) 33 55 These sting-less Male Wasps.

1866 C. Darwin Origin of Species (ed. 4) iii. 87 In Australia the imported hive-bee is rapidly exterminating the small, stingless native bee.

1872 W. Minto Man. Eng. Prose Lit. i. i. 52 So playful and stingless is his humour.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	stingless
释义	stinglessadj. /ˈstɪŋlɪs/ Etymology: < sting n.² + -less suffix. Having no sting. literal and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or not dangerous > safe or harmless > specific stingless1554 unenvenomed1831 unconsuming1836 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adjective] > armed > with sting > not stingless1554 1554 T. Martin Traictise Marriage of Priestes xiv. sig. Mmii^v [They] were nowe able..to treade vnder fote the head of their lustes, as of a stingles serpent. 1604 J. Webster in J. Marston & J. Webster Malcontent (new ed.) Induct. sig. A3^v There are a sort of discontented creatures that beare a stingelesse envie to great ones. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) v. i. 36. 1618 G. Chapman tr. Hesiod Georgicks i. 15 The slothfull man is like the sting-lesse Drone. 1724 W. Derham in Philos. Trans. 1722–3 (Royal Soc.) 33 55 These sting-less Male Wasps. 1866 C. Darwin Origin of Species (ed. 4) iii. 87 In Australia the imported hive-bee is rapidly exterminating the small, stingless native bee. 1872 W. Minto Man. Eng. Prose Lit. i. i. 52 So playful and stingless is his humour. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1554
随便看	mandrake root mandrake shriek mandrake wine mandrakes mandram mandrax mandream mandrel mandrel-lathe mandrellathe mandrels mandriarch mandril mandrill mandrills mandrils mandrite mandritta manducable manducate manducated manducates manducating manducation manducations