单词 | toothless |
释义 | toothless (once / 5639 pages) adj WORD FAMILY toothless: toothlessly+/tooth: toothless, toothlike, tooths, toothy/toothy: toothier, toothiest, toothily USAGE EXAMPLESOver tens of millions of years, many evolved toothless beaks like those in today’s birds. The Guardian(Dec 22, 2016) Over tens of millions of years, many evolved toothless beaks like those in today's birds. Reuters(Dec 22, 2016) The toothless effort of the defense in the Dallas and Arizona games prompted that thinking, at least for me anyway. Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) 1adj lacking teeth most birds are toothless a toothless old crone Syn|Ant edental, edentate, edentulate having few if any teeth edentuloushaving lost teeth toothed having teeth especially of a certain number or type; often used in combination buck-toothedhaving protruding upper front teeth coggedhaving cogs fine-tooth, fine-toothedhaving fine teeth set close together gap-toothedhaving widely spaced teeth saber-toothed, sabertoothed, sabre-toothedhaving teeth that resemble sabers small-toothedhaving small teeth toothlikeresembling a tooth toothyhaving or showing prominent teeth tuskedhaving tusks 2adj lacking necessary force for effectiveness a toothless piece of legislation Syn ineffective, ineffectual, uneffective not producing an intended effect |
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