单词 | murmurless |
释义 | murmurlessadj.adv. Without a murmur. Also as adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > muttering or mumbling > not murmuring murmurless1818 1818 E. Elliott Night i. vi. 18 Beneath the silence of this tufted grove, 'That seems to consecrate their murmurless 'Meanders. 1855 T. B. Read Poems 36 Like a murmurless school, in their leafy retreat, The wild birds sit listening the drops round them beat. 1862 W. H. Walshe Pract. Treat. Dis. Heart (ed. 3) Index 550 Murmurless aneurismal sacs. 1869 J. R. Lowell Under Willows 94 The steepened sand-stripes seem to pour, A murmurless vision of cataract. 1930 H. Crane Bridge iv. 47 In coiled precision, bunched in mutual glee The bearings glint,—O murmurless and shined In oilrinsed circles of blind ecstasy! 1992 Independent (Nexis) 21 June 21 Between Eynsford and Horton Kirby the Darent proceeds murmurless under the bridge at Farningham. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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