单词 | tireless |
释义 | tirelessadj.1 Untiring, indefatigable. a. Of persons (or their attributes) or other agents. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > capable of being wearied or exhausted > not weary or able to be wearied unwearyc893 unwearieda1240 wearilessc1430 long-breatheda1513 unfulyeit?a1513 unfouled1535 indefatigable1586 entire1590 untired1597 tireless1605 untirable1607 unwearyinga1614 unwappereda1625 undefatigable1630 unfatigued1705 unfaltering1727 unworn1759 unfatiguable1799 unfatiguing1808 undrooping1814 fatigueless1818 untiring1859 unflagging1860 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. iv. 134 To sing the swiftnes of thy tyer-les Teem. 1827 N. P. Willis Healing Daughter Jairus 13 The same loved, tireless watcher. 1867 H. C. Lea Sacerdotal Celibacy 70 The tireless pen of St. Jerome was called into requisition. 1883 R. Bridges Prometheus 10 Attending with tireless ears. 1887 G. Hooper Campaign Sedan 280 Their soldiers..seemed to be tireless, for they never halted. b. Of qualities, actions, etc. ΚΠ a1826 R. Heber tr. Pindar in Poet. Wks. (1841) 171 Oh, urging on the tireless speed Of thunder's elemental steed. 1859 Times 31 Mar. 10/2 Nothing can give our men the tireless elasticity of these Mahrattas. 1889 Times 10 Aug. 9/1 With that tireless persistency which they usually display. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2018). tirelessadj.2 Of a wheel: Without a tire or tires. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [adjective] > fitted with tyres > not unshoeda1425 tireless1862 rubberless1864 tyreless1906 1862 R. H. Patterson Ess. Hist. & Art 218 A rough ricketty conveyance, with wooden axletrees and tireless wheels. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.11605adj.21862 |
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