释义 |
unˈchilded, ppl. a. [f. prec. or un-1 8.] Destitute or deprived of children; childless.
1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God xv. xv. (1620) 521 Nor is it credible that their fathers liued all this while either immature or vnmarried or vnchilded. 1866J. Conington æneid 58 With death in view, the unchilded sire Checked not the utterance of his ire. 1882Swinburne Tristr. of Lyonesse, etc. 155 So bitter burned within the unchilded wife A virgin lust for vengeance. |