motherless

FREQ #30827

a. 无母的

发音

AU

词形变化

more motherless 比较级 most motherless 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Without a (living) mother.

  2. 2.

    Without mother (mucilaginous substance in fermenting liquid).

  3. 3.

    Without a history or predecessor.

    比喻
adv.
  1. 1.

    very, completely (especially in reference to drunkenness)

    澳大利亚 南非 俚语

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近义相关 2

parentless unparented

相关短语

son of a motherless goat sons of motherless goats

词源

From Middle English moderles, from Old English mōdorlēas, from Proto-Germanic *mōdērlausaz, equivalent to mother + -less. Cognate with Saterland Frisian muurloos (“motherless”), Dutch moederloos (“motherless”), German mutterlos (“motherless”), Danish moderløs (“motherless”), Swedish moderlös (“motherless”), Icelandic móðurlaus (“motherless”).

来源：wiktionary