单词 | lifeless |
释义 | lifeless —lifelessly, adv. —lifelessness, n. /luyf"lis/, adj. 1. not endowed with life; having no life; inanimate: lifeless matter. 2. destitute of living things: a lifeless planet. 3. deprived of life; dead: a battlefield strewn with lifeless bodies. 4. without animation, liveliness, or spirit; dull; colorless; torpid: a lifeless performance of a play. 5. insensible, as a person who has fainted. [bef. 1000; ME lifles, OE lifleas. See LIFE, -LESS] Syn. 1. inorganic. 3. defunct. See dead. 4. inactive, inert, passive; sluggish; spiritless. Ant. 1, 3. living. 4. lively. |
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