firelessadj.

Brit.

/ˈfʌɪələs/, U.S.

/ˈfaɪ(ə)rləs/

Forms: see fire n. and -less suffix; also late Middle English furyles (transmission error), late Middle English ferlett (transmission error).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: fire n., -less suffix.

Etymology: < fire n. + -less suffix.

†1. Not burning; not on fire. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective] > unilluminated or unilluminating > not lighted up

blind1393

firelessc1450

unkindleda1525

unlightened1659

unlit1787

unenlightened1803

c1450 J. Lydgate Ballade Our Lady (Sloane) l. 129 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 259 Þu busshe unbrent, ferlett [read ferles; a1456 Ashm. fuyrles, 1532 Thynne fyrelesse] set affere.

a1500 (?a1400) Stanzaic Life of Christ (Harl. 3909) (1926) l. 2993 (MED) As a candel þat furyles [read fuyrles] es.

1649 T. Stanley Europa 29 With hizzing firelesse Torches.

2. figurative. Without energy, life, or animation. N.E.D. (1896) assigned quot. 1605¹ at sireless adj. to this sense, based on the similarity of the letter forms f and long s.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > lacking animation

deadOE

lifelessOE

unquickc1475

exanimate?c1550

flat1604

unsprighty1607

spiritless1609

dead-alive1617

fireless1647

uninformed1709

inanimate1713

unanimated1734

nerveless1735

inanimated1753

dispirited1758

dead and alive1863

unalive1905

pepless1909

zipless1922

soggy1928

undead1936

1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. iii. 2) 46 The Latines call a dull dronish man, a firelesse man.

1764 D. Du Bois Poems Several Occas. 150 The silent—yet the tender Sigh, The pallid Cheek, the fireless Eye.

1772 ‘Summers’ Poems Var. Subj. 70 His insipid, fireless poetry.

1825 J. P. Thomas My Thought Bk. 249 Where is the fireless, where is the apathetic, where is the imbruted eye, which acquires not fresh lustre in contemplating the ornamented sarcophagi?

1937 C. W. Elliott Winfield Scott ix. 101 The fireless old Revolutionary generalcy remained in responsible command.

1991 Forbes FYI 18 Mar. 59/1 Behind those pale, fireless eyes is the soul of a goldbugging, swashbuckling, madcap treasure hunter.

a. Having no fire, without a fire or fires.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > a fire > [adjective] > not having a fire

fireless1661

brandless1849

1661 A. Brome Songs & Other Poems sig. P2 My fireless chymnies catch the cold.

1695 H. Killigrew tr. Martial Epigrams x. v. 223 Stretch'd on cold Earth, and Fireless may he lye.

1775 F. Burney Let. 21 Nov. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. 180 This Cold season, when there is no Writing in a Fireless room.

1793 W. Wordsworth Evening Walk 17 When..fireless are the valleys far and wide.

1852 N. Hawthorne Blithedale Romance v. 47 I went shivering to my fireless chamber.

1872 A. T. de Vere Disbelief Milcho in Legends St. Patrick 32 Fireless sits he, winter through.

1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn xi. 135 Mr. Wrenn had stood..before the gathering by the fireless fireplace.

1985 R. S. Peffer Watermen (1991) 102 Below decks the stove remained fireless until calls for coffee sent Bernard down into the cabin.

2003 D. Gutteridge Solemn Vows i. 4 On the east side, the smithy was now fireless and quiet.

b. Chiefly Cultural Anthropology. Having no knowledge of how to kindle fire.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [adjective] > using fire > not

fireless1840

1840 T. Macqueen Moorland Minstrel 91 The fireless savage, shiv'ring chill In wintry night, beneath the blasted tree.

1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind ix. 228 The mention of a fireless race.

1909 A. Werner tr. K. Weule Native Life in E. Afr. x. 195 Not so many decades ago, inquirers of the standing of Tylor and Lubbock seriously believed in the existence of fireless tribes.

2002 Current Anthropol. 43 655/1 It has been easy to accept that they were a fireless people. This helped to justify the colonizers' belief in their right to usurp the land.

Compounds

fireless cooker n. now historical an insulated container in which the heat of incompletely cooked hot food placed in it is used to complete the cooking process; cf. hay-box n. (b) at hay n.¹ Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > stove or cooker > [noun]

range1423

buccan1611

fire-range1668

stew-stove1727

screw-range1772

stew-hole1780

cooking stove1796

range stove1803

cooking range1805

cookstove1820

kitchener1829

gas range1853

cooker1860

gas cooker1873

Soyer's stove1878

hay-box1885

blazer1889

machine oven1890

paraffin stove1891

primus1893

electric cooker1894

electric range1894

Yukon stove1898

fireless cooker1904

picnic stove1910

pressure stove1914

Tommy cooker1915

rangette1922

Aga1931

barbecue1931

Rayburn1947

sigri1949

jiko1973

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > stove or cooker > [noun] > hay-box

stove1631

hay-box1885

fireless cooker1904

1904 H. U. Swinnerton Princeton, Sixty-three 106 He [sc. James Sharon McCoy] has recently bought and perfected what he is going to call ‘The Fireless Cooker’. This has been pronounced perfect by the greatest authorities of the New York Cooking Schools, but has not yet been given to the general public.

1945 R. Molloy Pride's Way iii. x. 258 I believe Mrs. Wilson approves of a fireless cooker.

1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai v. 83 The other gadget was the Fireless Cooker..a wooden box filled with straw.

2008 S. Gdula Warmest Room in House ii. 27 The fireless cooker was another fuel-saving weapon in the arsenal of the American Kitchen.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fireless
释义	firelessadj. Brit. /ˈfʌɪələs/, U.S. /ˈfaɪ(ə)rləs/ Forms: see fire n. and -less suffix; also late Middle English furyles (transmission error), late Middle English ferlett (transmission error). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: fire n., -less suffix. Etymology: < fire n. + -less suffix. †1. Not burning; not on fire. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective] > unilluminated or unilluminating > not lighted up blind1393 firelessc1450 unkindleda1525 unlightened1659 unlit1787 unenlightened1803 c1450 J. Lydgate Ballade Our Lady (Sloane) l. 129 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 259 Þu busshe unbrent, ferlett [read ferles; a1456 Ashm. fuyrles, 1532 Thynne fyrelesse] set affere. a1500 (?a1400) Stanzaic Life of Christ (Harl. 3909) (1926) l. 2993 (MED) As a candel þat furyles [read fuyrles] es. 1649 T. Stanley Europa 29 With hizzing firelesse Torches. 2. figurative. Without energy, life, or animation. N.E.D. (1896) assigned quot. 1605¹ at sireless adj. to this sense, based on the similarity of the letter forms f and long s. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > lacking animation deadOE lifelessOE unquickc1475 exanimate?c1550 flat1604 unsprighty1607 spiritless1609 dead-alive1617 fireless1647 uninformed1709 inanimate1713 unanimated1734 nerveless1735 inanimated1753 dispirited1758 dead and alive1863 unalive1905 pepless1909 zipless1922 soggy1928 undead1936 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. iii. 2) 46 The Latines call a dull dronish man, a firelesse man. 1764 D. Du Bois Poems Several Occas. 150 The silent—yet the tender Sigh, The pallid Cheek, the fireless Eye. 1772 ‘Summers’ Poems Var. Subj. 70 His insipid, fireless poetry. 1825 J. P. Thomas My Thought Bk. 249 Where is the fireless, where is the apathetic, where is the imbruted eye, which acquires not fresh lustre in contemplating the ornamented sarcophagi? 1937 C. W. Elliott Winfield Scott ix. 101 The fireless old Revolutionary generalcy remained in responsible command. 1991 Forbes FYI 18 Mar. 59/1 Behind those pale, fireless eyes is the soul of a goldbugging, swashbuckling, madcap treasure hunter. 3. a. Having no fire, without a fire or fires. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > a fire > [adjective] > not having a fire fireless1661 brandless1849 1661 A. Brome Songs & Other Poems sig. P2 My fireless chymnies catch the cold. 1695 H. Killigrew tr. Martial Epigrams x. v. 223 Stretch'd on cold Earth, and Fireless may he lye. 1775 F. Burney Let. 21 Nov. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. 180 This Cold season, when there is no Writing in a Fireless room. 1793 W. Wordsworth Evening Walk 17 When..fireless are the valleys far and wide. 1852 N. Hawthorne Blithedale Romance v. 47 I went shivering to my fireless chamber. 1872 A. T. de Vere Disbelief Milcho in Legends St. Patrick 32 Fireless sits he, winter through. 1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn xi. 135 Mr. Wrenn had stood..before the gathering by the fireless fireplace. 1985 R. S. Peffer Watermen (1991) 102 Below decks the stove remained fireless until calls for coffee sent Bernard down into the cabin. 2003 D. Gutteridge Solemn Vows i. 4 On the east side, the smithy was now fireless and quiet. b. Chiefly Cultural Anthropology. Having no knowledge of how to kindle fire. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [adjective] > using fire > not fireless1840 1840 T. Macqueen Moorland Minstrel 91 The fireless savage, shiv'ring chill In wintry night, beneath the blasted tree. 1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind ix. 228 The mention of a fireless race. 1909 A. Werner tr. K. Weule Native Life in E. Afr. x. 195 Not so many decades ago, inquirers of the standing of Tylor and Lubbock seriously believed in the existence of fireless tribes. 2002 Current Anthropol. 43 655/1 It has been easy to accept that they were a fireless people. This helped to justify the colonizers' belief in their right to usurp the land. Compounds fireless cooker n. now historical an insulated container in which the heat of incompletely cooked hot food placed in it is used to complete the cooking process; cf. hay-box n. (b) at hay n.¹ Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > stove or cooker > [noun] range1423 buccan1611 fire-range1668 stew-stove1727 screw-range1772 stew-hole1780 cooking stove1796 range stove1803 cooking range1805 cookstove1820 kitchener1829 gas range1853 cooker1860 gas cooker1873 Soyer's stove1878 hay-box1885 blazer1889 machine oven1890 paraffin stove1891 primus1893 electric cooker1894 electric range1894 Yukon stove1898 fireless cooker1904 picnic stove1910 pressure stove1914 Tommy cooker1915 rangette1922 Aga1931 barbecue1931 Rayburn1947 sigri1949 jiko1973 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > stove or cooker > [noun] > hay-box stove1631 hay-box1885 fireless cooker1904 1904 H. U. Swinnerton Princeton, Sixty-three 106 He [sc. James Sharon McCoy] has recently bought and perfected what he is going to call ‘The Fireless Cooker’. This has been pronounced perfect by the greatest authorities of the New York Cooking Schools, but has not yet been given to the general public. 1945 R. Molloy Pride's Way iii. x. 258 I believe Mrs. Wilson approves of a fireless cooker. 1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai v. 83 The other gadget was the Fireless Cooker..a wooden box filled with straw. 2008 S. Gdula Warmest Room in House ii. 27 The fireless cooker was another fuel-saving weapon in the arsenal of the American Kitchen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1450
随便看	to throw one's rattle out of the pram to throw one's soul into to throw one's toys out of the cot to throw one's toys out of the pram to throw one's weight about or around to throw one's wicket away to throw oneself at to throw oneself at the head of to throw oneself away to throw oneself into to throw oneself into the arms of to throw oneself on to throw oneself upon to throw open to throw open one's doors to throw out to throw out a tub to the whale to throw out of gear to throw out of state to throw out on etc ass to throw out on her ass to throw out on his ass to throw out one's eyes to throw over to throw over the bar