英语词汇“wordless”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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wordless

(wɜːʳdləs)

1. adjective

You say that someone is wordless when they do not say anything, especially at a time when they are expected to say something.

[literary]

She stared back, now wordless.

The two women live in wordless isolation.

wordlessly adverb [ADVERB with verb]

Gil downed his food wordlessly, his attention far away.

2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]

If someone makes a wordless sound, they make a sound that does not seem to contain any words.

[literary]

...a wordless chant.

He shrieked a long, wordless cry.

wordless in British English

(ˈwɜːdlɪs)

adjective

inarticulate or silent

2. music

of or relating to vocal music that is not provided with an articulated text

a wordless chorus

Derived forms

wordlessly (ˈwordlessly)

adverb

wordlessness (ˈwordlessness)

noun

wordless in American English

(ˈwɜrdlɪs)

adjective

without words; speechless

not expressed or not capable of being expressed in words