单词 | wingless |
释义 | wingless (once / 13477 pages) adj WORD FAMILY wing: fore-wing, forewing, underwing, winged, winger, winging, wingless, winglike, wings+/forewing: forewings/underwing: underwings/winger: wingers/wings: wingses USAGE EXAMPLESThey fall to the ground on a wingless “flight” with the autumn leaves. New York Times(Sep 16, 2016) August, even in adulthood, remains frustrated by Gigi’s outcome: “But we remained on Earth. Believing ourselves wingless.” Los Angeles Times(Aug 12, 2016) “Ecstatic and Wingless: Bird Imitation on Four Continents, 1910-44,” Nagoski’s most recent project for Canary Records, is one of the only compilations of its kind. The New Yorker(Jul 25, 2016) adj lacking wings Syn|Ant apteral, apterous (of insects) without wings flightlessincapable of flying winged having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind alar, alary, aliform, wing-shapedhaving or resembling wings alate, alated(of seeds or insects) having winglike extensions batwingformed or shaped like a bat's wing brachypterous, short-winged(especially of certain insects) having very short or rudimentary wings one-wingedhaving a single wing pinioned(of birds) especially having the flight feathers slender-wingedhaving slender wings small-wingedhaving small wings volantwith wings extended in a flying position winglikeresembling a wing in shape or position |
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