单词 | throatless |
释义 | throatlessadj. Without a throat (in various senses of throat n.); having no throat; (also) voiceless; unable to speak. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > neck > [adjective] > having no neckless1610 throatless1818 tympano-cervical1900 the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > throat or gullet > [adjective] > having no throatless1818 1818 A. Fordyce Country Wedding 33 Learn, throatless dastard, by, that look. 1881 G. Allen Evolutionist at Large v. 49 A wasp whose head has been severed from its body and stuck upon a pin, will still greedily suck up honey with its throatless mouth. 1887 Longman's Mag. Sept. 539 Vast, featureless head, set throatless on a formless bust. 1909 Times 25 Sept. 7/5 Your view is that an audience is throatless and needs protection—it has lost the power of protest? 1921 Trenton (New Jersey) Evening Times 28 June 11/3 The sleeveless, throatless, sometimes backless and all but hemless frock. 1945 Ironwood (Mich.) Daily Globe 7 June 5/7 Hand electric shear, throatless shear, lever shears, ring and circle shears. 2002 Canberra Times 31 May a15 They all scream themselves throatless during the warm-ups. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1818 |
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