stresslessadj.

Brit.

/ˈstrɛsləs/, U.S.

/ˈstrɛsləs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: stress n., -less suffix.

Etymology: < stress n. + -less suffix. Compare stress-free adj., and (with sense 2) earlier stressful adj.

1. Linguistics and Prosody. Of a word, syllable, etc.: pronounced without stress, unstressed.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [adjective] > accent > stressed > unstressed

flat1589

light1775

stressless1871

atonic1878

unstressed1884

weak-stressed1898

1871 A. J. Ellis On Early Eng. Pronunc. III. Glossic. p. xvi/2 The stressless element of a diphthong is systematically indicated by a preceding turned comma.

1935 J. S. Kenyon Amer. Pronunc. (ed. 6) 101 Not all of these pairs of stressed and stressless vowels represent the same historical stage of obscuration of the unaccented vowel.

1984 Language 60 918 He notes that, in popular verse, adjacent beats sometimes occur without an intervening stressless syllable.

2013 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 79 2 Section 4 briefly surveys neutralizations which occur in stressless, open syllables.

2. Of an activity, situation, etc.: not causing or characterized by emotional or physiological stress; relaxing, stress-free. Also occasionally of a person: not suffering from stress.

ΚΠ

1910 Proc. Mississippi Valley Hist. Assoc. 2 362 The softer impulses of stressless means lead men to eat lotus and loll their lives away.

1981 E. Revitch & L. B. Schlesinger Psychopathol. Homicide iv. 53 It is possible to remain seizure-free in a protective and stressless environment.

1991 Sunday Times (Nexis) 8 Sept. So stressless is Bush that he has stopped taking medicine to regulate his heartbeat.

2012 Daily Mirror (Nexis) 20 Oct. 32 We did stressless things like..going on the slide, feeding the ducks.

Derivatives

ˈstresslessness n. the quality or state of being stressless.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [noun] > accent > stress accent > lack of stress

inaccentuation1867

stresslessness1881

unstressedness1894

unstress1945

1881 Monthly Abstract Proc. 26 in Trans. Philol. Soc. 1880–1 18 Substantives and verbs may sink almost to meaninglessness and consequent stresslessness.

1995 Jrnl. Linguistics 31 262 RS is sensitive to the steepness of the slope between two consonants and stress attraction to the degree of stresslessness of following syllables.

2018 @FKAMcButtz 1 Oct. in twitter.com (accessed 10 Sept. 2021) I need one month of stresslessness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	stressless
释义	stresslessadj. Brit. /ˈstrɛsləs/, U.S. /ˈstrɛsləs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: stress n., -less suffix. Etymology: < stress n. + -less suffix. Compare stress-free adj., and (with sense 2) earlier stressful adj. 1. Linguistics and Prosody. Of a word, syllable, etc.: pronounced without stress, unstressed. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [adjective] > accent > stressed > unstressed flat1589 light1775 stressless1871 atonic1878 unstressed1884 weak-stressed1898 1871 A. J. Ellis On Early Eng. Pronunc. III. Glossic. p. xvi/2 The stressless element of a diphthong is systematically indicated by a preceding turned comma. 1935 J. S. Kenyon Amer. Pronunc. (ed. 6) 101 Not all of these pairs of stressed and stressless vowels represent the same historical stage of obscuration of the unaccented vowel. 1984 Language 60 918 He notes that, in popular verse, adjacent beats sometimes occur without an intervening stressless syllable. 2013 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 79 2 Section 4 briefly surveys neutralizations which occur in stressless, open syllables. 2. Of an activity, situation, etc.: not causing or characterized by emotional or physiological stress; relaxing, stress-free. Also occasionally of a person: not suffering from stress. ΚΠ 1910 Proc. Mississippi Valley Hist. Assoc. 2 362 The softer impulses of stressless means lead men to eat lotus and loll their lives away. 1981 E. Revitch & L. B. Schlesinger Psychopathol. Homicide iv. 53 It is possible to remain seizure-free in a protective and stressless environment. 1991 Sunday Times (Nexis) 8 Sept. So stressless is Bush that he has stopped taking medicine to regulate his heartbeat. 2012 Daily Mirror (Nexis) 20 Oct. 32 We did stressless things like..going on the slide, feeding the ducks. Derivatives ˈstresslessness n. the quality or state of being stressless. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [noun] > accent > stress accent > lack of stress inaccentuation1867 stresslessness1881 unstressedness1894 unstress1945 1881 Monthly Abstract Proc. 26 in Trans. Philol. Soc. 1880–1 18 Substantives and verbs may sink almost to meaninglessness and consequent stresslessness. 1995 Jrnl. Linguistics 31 262 RS is sensitive to the steepness of the slope between two consonants and stress attraction to the degree of stresslessness of following syllables. 2018 @FKAMcButtz 1 Oct. in twitter.com (accessed 10 Sept. 2021) I need one month of stresslessness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < adj.1871
随便看	θ198874 θ198875 θ198876 θ198877 θ198878 θ198879 θ19888 θ198880 θ198881 θ198882 θ198883 θ198884 θ198885 θ198886 θ198887 θ198888 θ198889 θ19889 θ198890 θ198891 θ198892 θ198893 θ198894 θ198895 θ198896