单词 | drinkless |
释义 | drinklessadj. Without drink or liquid to quench one's thirst; dry. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [adjective] > drinkless drinklessc1374 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 669 (718) He nought for-bet þat euery creature Be drynklees for alwey. a1400 Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. (1892) 621/319 Druiȝe drinkeles was his tonge. 1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) x. xiii. 389/2 Moyses was with god...xl. dayes and .xl. nyghtes metelesse & drynkeles. 1646 F. Thorpe in Hull Lett. (1886) 143 I am now come back..meatless and drinkless. 1860 J. F. Campbell Pop. Tales W. Highlands (1890) II. 426 He was grown sick: Sleepless, restless, meatless, drinkless. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < adj.c1374 |
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