toothless

FREQ #17153

a. 无齿的 [医] 无牙的

发音

US /ˈtuθləs/
其它
US /ˈtuθlɪs/

词形变化

more toothless 比较级 most toothless 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Having no teeth.

    a toothless old man

  2. 2.

    Weak; having no ability to enforce something.

    比喻

    The treaty was toothless because of the lack of participation from the undersigned.

词汇关系

形容词

反义词 1

toothed

近义相关 7

ineffective ineffectual edental edentate edentulate edentulous uneffective

相关短语

toothless whale toothless whales

词源

From Middle English tothles, from Old English tōþlēas, from Proto-Germanic *tanþlausaz (“toothless”), equivalent to tooth + -less. Cognate with Dutch tandeloos (“toothless”), German Low German tannlos (“toothless”), German zahnlos (“toothless”), Danish tandløs (“toothless”), Swedish tandlös (“toothless”), Icelandic tannlaus (“toothless”).

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