| 释义 |
limbless, a.|ˈlɪmlɪs|
[f. limb n.1 + -less.]
Having no limbs, deprived of a limb or limbs.
1594R. Wilson Cobler's Proph. v. ii. 52 So flies the murderer from the mangled lims Left limles on the ground by his fell hand. 1624Massinger Renegado iv. i. (1630) H 2 b, Till nought were left me But this poore, bleeding limblesse Truncke. 1624Gataker Transubst. 162 Whereas that which is given and received in the Eucharist, is (as Epiphanius well observeth) livelesse and limmelesse. 1770Foote Lame Lover iii. Wks. 1799 II. 86 A tree not only limbless and leafless, but very near lifeless. 1881Mivart Cat 459 The class also contains certain limbless creatures which look like something between snakes and earthworms. |