单词 | hornless |
释义 | hornlessadj. 1. Without horns; destitute of horns. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having horns > not having horns hornless1398 unhorned1570 polled1577 mugged1588 notted1591 poll1732 poley1827 mulled1835 akeratophorous1856 butt-headed1873 the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > [adjective] > cusped > not hornless1812 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xviii. xviii Þe camel..þowȝe he be horneles. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Vicugne, a hornelesse wild beast in Peru. 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. i. 8 The cattle of the highlands of Scotland are exceeding small, and many of them..are hornless. 1812 W. Tennant Anster Fair i. xii. 9 The hornless moon amid her brilliant host. 2. Without a horn (horn n. 15a). ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > sound recording or reproducing equipment > [adjective] > record-playing equipment phonographical1846 phonographic1878 gramophonic1905 hornless1909 acoustical1931 discographic1931 acoustic1932 discographical1944 multi-play1949 wind-up1962 1909 Talking Machine News Oct. 337 Portable hornless machine. 1913 B. Clements-Henry Gramophones & Phonographs ix. 54 Some modern disc machines are hornless. 1934 N. W. McLachlan Loud Speakers xv. 256 A hornless speaker with baffle 4 ft. square. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 409/1 In the direct-radiator or hornless speakers the diaphragm is made large enough to radiate directly into unconfined air. Derivatives ˈhornlessness n. hornless condition. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [noun] > projection on head > horn > animal with horns > that's lost its horns > having no horns hornlessness1887 1887 Amer. Naturalist 21 897 Herodotus's opinion as to the cause of hornlessness has been accepted by many writers down to the present times. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.1398 |
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