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toothless

英 ['tuːθləs] 美['tuθləs]

adj. 无牙齿的
adj. 无权势的

英英释义

1. lacking teeth;: "most birds are toothless"; "a toothless old crone"

2. lacking necessary force for effectiveness;: "a toothless piece of legislation"

实用场景例句

a toothless old man: 没牙的老头

Deflation are long bone, and a vicious inflation is a toothless tiger.: 通缩是化骨龙, 恶性通胀则是无牙老虎.

It was sixteen years old, toothless, blind and could hardly get around.: 它已经十六岁了, 牙都没了, 又瞎,行动也不便.

He was sixteen years old, toothless, blind and could hardly get around.: 那狗已经有十六岁了、牙都没了、又瞎、行动也不方便.

His face was alive with excitement, eyes wide , gums bared in a toothless grin.: 他神色激动, 眼睛瞪得圆圆的,咧嘴而笑, 露出那还没长牙的牙龈.

Master is a toothless old man, grey hair lazily draping over his broad shoulders.: 主公是个牙齿全部脱落褐色过肩长发慵懒披散的老人.

The surfaces lead plates were not hollowed out to cup toothless gums; they were flat.: 铅制牙托的表面平坦,缺乏凹槽,无法覆盖牙床.

双语例句

1. In his view, the Commission remains a toothless and ineffectual body.: 在他看来，委员会仍然是一个没有实权、不起作用的机构。

2. a toothless old man: 没牙的老头

3. When she slipped the bit into his mouth, she saw that he was practically toothless.: 思嘉套车时也畏畏缩缩不敢碰它. 当她把嚼口塞进马嘴里, 才发现原来马根本没牙了.

4. Deflation are long bone, and a vicious inflation is a toothless tiger.: 通缩是化骨龙, 恶性通胀则是无牙老虎.

5. The second complaint is that the oath's fine words are toothless.: 第二条则批评誓言的用词没有实质性的意义.

英文词源

toothless (adj.): Old English toðleas, in the literal sense; see tooth + -less. Figurative sense of "dull" is recorded from 1590s; that of "lacking enforcement powers" is first recorded 1961. Related: Toothlessly; toothlessness.

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