英语词汇“mirthless”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

mirthless

释义

mirthless, a.|ˈmɜːθlɪs|
[f. mirth n. + -less.]
Wanting in mirth, joyless; sad, dismal.
c1381Chaucer Parl. Foules 592 Daunsith he murye that is myrtheles.1509Barclay Shyp of Folys (1570) 172 O mirthless muse of eloquence barayne.1567Golding Ovid's Met. ix. (1593) 226 My colour pale, my bodie leane, my heavie mirthlesse cheere.1627Drayton Sheph. Sirena 26 Whilst his gamesome cut-tayld Curre With his mirthlesse Master playes.a1800J. Warton Fashion 63 As mirthless infants, idling out the day, With wooden swords, or toothless puppies play.1847C. Brontë J. Eyre xi, It was a curious laugh; distinct, formal, mirthless.1899Blackw. Mag. July 48/1 A circle of mirthless young men.
Hence ˈmirthlessly adv. Also ˈmirthlessness.
1890Clark Russell Ocean Trag. II. xxiv. 252 He laughed harshly and mirthlessly.1727Bailey vol. II, Mirthlessness, sadness, melancholiness.

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