| 释义 |
moonless, a.|ˈmuːnlɪs|
[f. moon n.1 + -less.]
Without a moon; not lit up by the moon.
1508Dunbar Flyting 92 Eolus full woid, and Neptunus, Mirk and moneless. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. (Rolls) III. 53 But saill or ruthir in the mirk midnycht, And mvneles als withoutin ony licht. 1653H. More Conject. Cabbal. (1713) 3 Moonless and starless nights. 1750Carte Hist. Eng. II. 393 It was..in a dark moonless night that the Scots before midnight..marched under cover of the adjoining wood. 1894K. Grahame Pagan Papers 104 The moonless night has a touch of frost, and is steely-clear. |