| 释义 |
ghostless, a.|ˈgəʊstlɪs|
[f. ghost n. + -less.]
†a. Devoid of spirit or life; without strength or virtue (obs.).
b. ? Void of belief in ghosts (rare).
a1000Elene 874 (Gr.) Meniᵹo cwom folc unlytel and ᵹefærenne man brohton on bære..ᵹingne, gastleasne. a1603T. Cartwright Confut. Rhem. N.T. (1618) 219 A Ghostly Father is hard to finde amongst you, where Priests can for the most part do nothing but giue the visited a little ghostlesse oyle. a1634R. Clerke Serm. (1637) 473 Workes are the breath of Faith..they are the pulse of Faith..If you feele them not, the Faith is ghostlesse. 1651N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. ii. xxxiii. (1739) 151 But let the Laws be never so severe, if they have not free liberty to walk at large, they are soon ghostless. a1849J. C. Mangan Poems (1859) 287 To warn and wake a ghostless, godless age. |