| 释义 |
crestless, a.|ˈkrɛstlɪs|
[See -less.]
1. Without a crest; not bearing a crest.
1591Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, ii. iv. 85 Spring Crestlesse Yeomen from so deepe a Root? 1828Scott F.M. Perth xiii, Like the crestless churls of England. 1891Standard 14 May 5/2 Armless, and crestless, and mottoless.
2. gen. Without a tuft, top, ridge, or the like.
1889in Cent. Dict. 1908A. S. M. Hutchinson Once Aboard the Lugger i. ii. 33 It welled, rose-deeply;..crestless, flinging no intoxicating spume. 1908Daily Chron. 31 Aug. 7/2 Great shiny blue crestless jays flitted over the scrub. |