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单词 treeless
释义

treelessadj.

/ˈtriːlɪs/
Etymology: < tree n. + -less suffix.
Destitute of trees; containing no trees.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective] > wooded > lacking
woodless1551
unshrubbeda1616
unwooded1628
treeless1794
uncypressed1799
untimbered1808
shrubless1816
bushless1830
groveless1835
timberless1859
forestless1884
unforested1885
1794 W. B. Stevens Jrnl. 19 Nov. (1965) ii. 205 On your Tree-less Coast indeed You can have no falling leaves to warn you of the approach of Winter.
1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion ii. 67 A quiet treeless nook. View more context for this quotation
1841 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 4 266/2 Another hundred years may see the United States a treeless country.
1874 J. Geikie Great Ice Age xxiv. 349 A bare and treeless state must have preceded the age of forests.

Derivatives

ˈtreelessness n.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > [noun] > being without trees
treelessness1869
1869 M. A. Barker Station Life N.Z. (1874) iv. 25 The utter treelessness of the vast Canterbury Plains.
1884 Macmillan's Mag. Nov. 18/2 A diminished rainfall warned the planters that treelessness means rainlessness.

Draft additions September 2008

Of a saddle: having no tree (tree n. 5d).
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1872 A. D. Carlisle Round World 1870 352 A small and rather weedy-looking horse, whose trappings consist of a treeless saddle formed of several layers of horsehide and sheepskin.
1911 Spirit of West (Des Moines, Iowa) 15 Feb. 42/1 (advt.) Saddle—Entirely new and different—our own design. Absolutely treeless.
2007 Horse & Rider Oct. 148/2 (advt.,) We offer a extensive range of Treeless Saddles, Natural Horsemanship Equipment, Bitless Bridles,..[etc.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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