| 释义 |
ˈsportless, a.
[f. sport n.1 + -less.]
Destitute or devoid of sport; marked by the absence of sport.
1621G. Sandys Ovid's Met. ii. (1626) 28 The Fishes to the bottom diue: nor dare The sportlesse Dolphins tempt the sultrie Ayre. 1631P. Fletcher Pisc. Ecl. vii. 1 Her weeping eyes in pearled dew she steeps, Casting what sportlesse nights she ever led. 1895Baily's Mag. May 356 The use of the minnow..is a method of taking fish which is sportless, artless, and as bad as anything I know. |