| 释义 |
leerness|ˈlɪənɪs|
[f. leer a.1 + -ness.]
Emptiness.
c1000Sax. Leechd. II. 60 Se micla ᵹeoxa..cymð..of to micelre fylle, oððe of to micelre lærnesse. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xiv. ii. (Tollem. MS.), Mounteynes ben sumtyme withinne ful of holownesse, and of dennes; and so by cause of voydenesse and of lerenesse it draweþ and soukeþ in water. Ibid. vii. xliv. (1495) 257 Appetite of the stomak comyth by cause of lerenes and voydnes. 1656Ridgley Pract. Physick 25 Arthrite..often causeth learness with weaknesse of the joynts. 1893S. Gee Auscult. & Percuss. iii. (ed. 4) 62 The prime property assigned by Skoda to a percussion-sound, its fulness or its leerness..is in fact a compound perception. |