| 释义 |
ˈrippleless, a.
[f. ripple n.3 + -less.]
Without a ripple; free from ripples; calm. Also, without causing ripples.
1838J. Pardoe River & the Desert I. 116 The sea lies rippleless like a sheet of lead. 1849Zoologist VII. 2542 Surveying the calm heavy rippleless swell of the sea. 1887W. Rye Norfolk Broads 54 The moonlight slept on the rippleless water. 1923J. S. Huxley Ess. Biologist iii. 113 The Crested Grebe... Its brilliant white belly, protective grey-brown back, rippleless and effortless diving, [etc.]. 1941Steinbeck & Ricketts Sea of Cortez xiv. 131 The lagoon [was] rippleless. |