| 单词 |
painless |
| 释义 |
painless, a.|ˈpeɪnlɪs|
[f. pain n.1 + -less.]
†1. Free from pain; not suffering pain. rare.
1570Levins Manip. 91/10 Paynlesse, indolens. 1675Hobbes Odyssey (1677) 158 That he should be brought home thus..Asleep, and painless.
2. Causing no pain; not accompanied with pain.
1591Sylvester Du Bartas i. i. 590 With pain-lesse paine they tread A sacred path that to the Heav'ns doth lead. a1700Dryden (J.), Is there no smooth descent? no painless way Of kindly mixing with our native clay? 1795Southey Vis. Maid Orleans ii. 234 Then did they not regard his mocks Which then came painless. 1887F. Darwin Life Darwin III. 202 Dr. Wilder advocated the use of the word ‘Callisection’ for painless operations on animals.
Hence ˈpainlessly adv., without pain; ˈpainlessness, freedom from pain.
1634Bp. Hall Contempl., N.T. iv. vii. Bloody Issue healed, Could the Physitians have given her, if not health, yet relaxation and painelessnesse, her meanes had not been misbestowed. 1861Bumstead Ven. Dis. (1879) 672 These swellings are usually developed..painlessly. 1864Mrs. Carlyle Lett. III. 209 Shall I ever more have a day of ease, of painlessness? 1880M. E. Braddon Barbara xlv, His disease was one in which death does not come painlessly. |
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