waterless

a. 无水的, 干的, 不用水的

发音

其它 /ˈwɔːtə(ɹ)ləs/
US /ˈwɔːtə(ɹ)ləs/

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Dry, arid, lacking water.

    The waterless desert can kill in many ways but dehydration is often fastest.

  2. 2.

    Not requiring water.

    How does a waterless urinal have a drain trap?

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

arid

近义相关 1

dry

相关短语

Westley Waterless

词源

From Middle English waterles, waterlees, from Old English wæterlēas (“waterless”), from Proto-Germanic *watōrlausaz, equivalent to water + -less. Cognate with Saterland Frisian woaterloos (“waterless”), West Frisian wetterleas (“waterless”), Dutch waterloos (“waterless”), German wasserlos (“waterless”), Swedish vattenlös (“waterless”), Icelandic vatnslaus (“waterless”).

来源：wiktionary