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单词 wordless
释义

wordless

/ˈwəːdləs /
adjective
1Not speaking or involving speech: a sort of wordless communication had developed the wordless language of the heart...
  • A long, wordless tracking shot follows a man on a winter jog in Central Park.
  • This wordless tragedy informs every moment of what we are shown from then on.
  • Slowly his voice is joined by the sound of a stone xylophone and a wordless choir.
2(Of a play, book, or other work) without words or speech: a largely wordless, engaging performance a simple wordless melody...
  • Dark, muffled organ sets the stage for a plaintive piano line, which is echoed by wordless singing.
  • At various points, the baritone joins the soprano for his own wordless riffs, perhaps representing the observer at one with nature.
  • Check out his nearly wordless performance in Happy End, or in Im Kwon-taek's Chihwaseon - both intense roles, both played to sheer perfection.
2.1(Of a vocal sound) not in the form of words: he gave a wordless cry of joy...
  • The song ends with the drummer alone on the stage pounding out the final measures as the crowd chants a wordless South African mantra.
  • No recondite phrase or pleasing neologism, it is a wordless summons like that made by the infant in distress.
  • Over a wavery organ loop that gently builds then fades away amid a wash of echoes, a singer slowly groans out a wordless lament.

Derivatives

wordlessly

/ˈwəːdləsli / adverb ...
  • She tossed the bottle of aspirin to him wordlessly.
  • More than a little stunned by the harshness of his tone, she stepped back wordlessly to allow them entry to her home.
  • Wordlessly, he held out an arm, giving a silent offer to carry the child to the mother.

wordlessness

/ˈwəːdləsnəs/ noun ...
  • The wordlessness of the film clips has an extraordinary, incalculable effect.
  • Silence is allied to wordlessness; wordlessness is allied to music.
  • One can never really write about suffering; and death, by definition, takes us into the realm of wordlessness.
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