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单词 shadeless
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shadelessadj.

/ˈʃeɪdlɪs/
Etymology: < shade n. + -less suffix.
1. Lacking shade, without shelter (from heat, etc.).
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [adjective] > of or relating to sunlight > exposed to or illumined by
repercuss?1440
sunny?1440
sunned1565
sunshiny1600
sun-clad1637
sun-lighted1737
sunlit1784
unshaded1802
sunlight1819
shadeless1837
the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > [adjective] > casting a shadow > overshadowed > lying in shade or abounding in shade > not
veilless1661
shadeless1837
1837 W. Wordsworth Excursion (rev. ed.) vii, in Poet. Wks. VI. 256 An opening Shadeless and shelterless.
1882 Arnold in Macmillan's Mag. 46 145 The shadeless streets of a hot and dusty town.
2. Affording no shade.
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the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > [adjective] > casting a shadow > overshadowing > affording shade > not
shadeless1890
1890 H. H. Johnston in Nature 13 Nov. 46 The shadeless acacias with their cruel thorns.
3. Not marked by shadows; unrelieved by shade, monotonously faultless.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adjective] > clearly visible > sharp or distinct
graphical1626
smart1644
sharp1675
vivid1690
briska1727
unblurred1809
vive1825
clear1835
shadeless1835
film-free1880
eidetic1924
crisp1937
deblurred1968
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adjective] > pure or flawless
lutter971
unwemmedc1000
fair?c1225
upright?c1225
purec1300
without lackc1300
completec1380
defaultlessa1425
flush?1550
undefective1599
impeccable1620
indefectivea1641
defectless1651
virginala1659
flawless1659
unflawed1665
indefectuous1685
unblighted1785
immaculate1791
indefectible1833
shadeless1894
flukeless1895
intacta1941
pedicured1988
1835 E. B. Browning Felicia Hemans 2 Thou bay-crowned living One, that o'er the bay-crowned Dead art bowing, And, o'er the shadeless moveless brow, the vital shadow throwing.
1894 H. Nisbet Bush Girl's Romance 13 Walter Scott was a little heavy for her with his introductions, while his heroines were just a trifle shadeless and uninteresting.
4. Not furnished with a shade.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [adjective] > like a cap > types of cap
lugged1489
marabas1538
tarfed1545
unbanded1570
high-crowned1598
brimless1615
Phrygian1618
poked1631
round-eared1724
winkered1804
peakless1844
shadeless1852
Mother Hubbard1877
visorless1889
fore and aft1940
visored1950
1852 S. R. Maitland Eight Ess. 237 Though for reasons of his own he might incessantly wear a shadeless cap.

Derivatives

ˈshadelessness n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > light > [noun] > state of being light
lightnessOE
shadowlessness1881
shadelessness1894
nightlessness1897
1894 H. Nisbet Bush Girl's Romance 153 Its sunny shadelessness filled him with a strange tremor of dread.
1909 Eng. Rev. Apr. 70 In the wonderful light and shadelessness of that noon..I looked at you.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

> as lemmas

shadeless
b. transferred and figurative. A minutely differentiated degree or variety (of a quality, a condition, meaning, etc.). Often adverbial with comparatives, a shade better, shadeless, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [noun] > minute difference in degree, etc. or shade
shade1749
shading1775
1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas III. ix. ii. 192 He put, to use the expression, different shades of consideration in the civilities he shewed.
1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xviii. 89 Among the different branches of the human race, the Sarmatians form a very remarkable shade.
1820 J. W. Croker Diary 2 Feb. The King is a shade better.
1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table ix. 245 I drew my chair a shade nearer to her.
1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men II. v. 13 Men of all shades of opinion..combined against him.
extracted from shaden.
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adj.1835
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