| 释义 |
reˈturnless, a.
[f. return n. + -less.]
Devoid of, not admitting of, a return; that is without return.
1615Chapman Odyss. xiii. 512 All thy Friends, I knew, as well, should make returnlesse ends. 1823Blackw. Mag. XIII. 48 France went down an almost returnless depth of misery and crime. 1855Bailey Mystic, etc. 46 Through the returnless and thick-branched Forest..they thrid their way. 1875Lowell Under the Old Elm i. ii, The mould..whither all that be Vanish returnless.
Hence reˈturnlessly adv. rare—1.
1840Blackw. Mag. XLVIII. 238 Elliston at length was utterly, unequivocally, returnlessly ruined. |