单词 | reedless |
释义 | reedlessadj. Of a pond, bank, etc.: free from reeds; in which or by which no reeds grow. ΚΠ 1628 T. May tr. Virgil Georgicks iv. 134 Youths, that tomb'd before their parents were; Whom foule Cocytus reedlesse bankes enclose [L. quos circum limus niger et deformis harundo Cocyti..alligat]. 1780 T. Sheridan Gen. Dict. Eng. Lang. II Reedless, being without reeds. 1839 T. Stoddart Songs & Poems 157 The dew-lark sitteth on the ice, beside the reedless rill The leaf of the hawthorn flutters on the solitary hill. 1952 M. K. Wilson tr. K. Z. Lorenz King Solomon's Ring ix. 94 On the eastern, reedless shore, avocets and many other rare waders can regularly be found. 1992 Aquatic Bot. 43 211 Some samples were exposed above water and in a reedless pool. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1628 |
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