| 释义 |
veilless, a.|ˈveɪllɪs|
[f. veil n.1 + -less.]
1. Having no veil; unprovided with or unprotected by a veil.
1822Milman Martyr Antioch 55 That head, whose veilless blaze Fill'd angels with amaze. 1859Tennyson Geraint & Enid 536 Half whistling and half singing a coarse song, He drove the dust against her veilless eyes. 1882F. W. H. Myers Renewal Youth 86 They scarce could bear Veilless the tingling incidence of air.
2. transf. Unshaded, unclouded.
1870R. Broughton Red as Rose I. 117 The corn has been whitening under the sun's hard veilless stare. 1888H. Drummond Tropical Africa v. 109 The glittering ball, whose daily march across the burnished and veilless zenith brings him untold agony. |