| 释义 |
functionless, a.|fʌŋkʃənlɪs|
[f. as prec. + -less.]
Having no function: chiefly in physiological sense. Cf. function n. 3 a.
1836Fonblanque Eng. under Seven Admin. (1837) III. 296 Its nominal functionless minister. 1839–47Todd Cycl. Anat. III. 238/1 Clavicles..almost obsolete and functionless. 1871Darwin Desc. Man I. i. 29 The os coccyx in man, though functionless as a tail, plainly represents this part in other vertebrate animals. 1879A. W. Bennett in Academy 32 A fifth stamen, which however is functionless, so far as the ordinary purpose of stamens is concerned. 1889Pall Mall G. 13 Nov. 6/2 These organs are quite functionless as wings. 1894J. R. Illingworth Personality ii. (1895) 52 Capabilities..which we cannot conceive ultimately frustrated and functionless. |