| 释义 |
dauntless, a.|ˈdɔːntlɪs|
[f. daunt v. (hardly from the n.) + -less.]
Not to be daunted; fearless, intrepid, bold, undaunted.
1593Shakes. 3 Hen. VI, iii. iii. 17 Let thy dauntlesse minde still ride in triumph, Ouer all mischance. 1667Milton P.L. i. 603 Browes Of dauntless courage. 1761Gray Fatal Sisters 41 Low the dauntless Earl is laid. 1817Scott (title), Harold the Dauntless. 1874Green Short Hist. viii. §5. 514 Laud was as dauntless as ever.
Hence ˈdauntlessly adv., ˈdauntlessness.
1813Shelley Q. Mab vii. 196 Therefore I rose, and dauntlessly began My lonely..pilgrimage. 1730–6Bailey (folio), Dauntlesness, a being without Fear or Discouragement. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. VI. xlviii. 292 Shelby..among the dauntless singled out for dauntlessness. |