单词 | planetless |
释义 | planetlessadj. Of the sky, etc.: containing no (visible) planets; (of a star) having no orbiting planets. ΚΠ 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna iii. xxii. 68 A shoreless sea, a sky sunless and planetless. 1899 Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate 2 Nov. 7/4 The sky will be practically planetless all night. 1937 O. Stapledon Star Maker ix. 208 Thousands upon thousands of planetless stars awaited encirclement by rings of Worlds. 1993 Guardian 29 Nov. ii. 38/4 On the other hand, only two planets are well placed and the midnight hours are planetless. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1817 |
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