| 释义 |
lineless, a.|ˈlaɪnlɪs|
[f. line n.2 + -less.]
†1. Of a person: ? To whom no bounds can be set. Obs. rare—1. (If not a misprint for tirelesse.)
1594Carew Tasso ii. lix, The tother is Circassian Argant cald..Vntreatable, vnpatient, vnappald, In armes linelesse [It. infaticabile], and peerlesse valiaunt.
2. Having no impressed or indented lines.
1798W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. XXVI. 247 His countenances have the physiognomy of nature, not the vague lineless face of the statuaries. 1878Tinsley's Mag. XXIII. 70 Her face..was smooth and lineless. 1896R. Kipling Seven Seas, Coastwise Lights ii, Through the endless summer evenings, on the lineless, level floors. |