| 释义 |
clothesless, a.|ˈkləʊðzlɪs|
[An alteration of the earlier clotheless, after clothes.]
Without clothes; destitute of clothing.
1868Morning Star 24 Feb. 1873Tristram Moab xviii. 360 We turned out to find Johnson lying clothesless and tentless. 1880I. L. Bird Japan I. 332 The whole clothesless population stood..in front of the house.
Hence clotheslessness.
1883Daily News 26 Feb. 5 In favour of the superior comfort of clotheslessness. 1887H. Knollys Sk. Life Japan 16 This clotheslessness..I cannot call it indecent in our sense of the term. |