| 释义 |
ransomless, a.|ˈrænsəmlɪs|
[f. ransom n. + -less.]
Without ransom.
1588Shakes. Tit. A. i. i. 274 Ransomlesse heere we set our Prisoners free. 1645Milton Tetrach. (1851) 160 (Gen. ii. 18) A ransomles captivity. 1676Hobbes Iliad i. 98 Till she be to her Father sent..ransomless. 1796A. Seward Lett. (1811) IV. 265 Fingal..releases him ransomless. 1846H. W. Torrens Rem. Milit. Hist. 145 As ransomless prisoners after a battle. 1873Symonds Grk. Poets viii. 244 The Athenians released Dorieus ransomless and scatheless. |