toothless
英 [ˈtuːθ.ləs]
美 [ˈtuːθ.ləs]
- adj. 无牙齿的
- adj. 无权势的
英语词源
- 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.
权威例句
- 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.