单词 | dewless |
释义 | dewlessadj. Devoid of or without dew. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] > not made wet > not wet with dew undewedc1440 undewyc1440 dewlessa1618 unbedewed1860 a1618 J. Sylvester tr. G. Fracastoro Maidens Blush (1620) sig. D8v Both solstices like deawless and adust. 1799 T. Campbell Pleasures of Hope & Other Poems 1 When the sea-wind wafts the dewless day. 1832 Ld. Tennyson Miller's Daughter xxiv, in Poems (new ed.) 47 On the chalk-hill the bearded grass Is dry and dewless. 1865 E. Burritt Walk to Land's End 36 What a dewless Sahara would be the walk of life without the companionship of children! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < |
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