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单词 hornless
释义

hornlessadj.

/ˈhɔːnlɪs/
Etymology: < horn n. + -less suffix.
1. Without horns; destitute of horns.
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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).
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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.
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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).
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