toothless是什么意思
- 英式英标[\'tuθləs]
- 美式音标[\'tuːθləs]
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.
实用例句
- 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。来自柯林斯例句
- 2. a toothless old man
- 没牙的老头来自《权威词典》
- 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.来自飘（部分）
- 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.来自互联网
- 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.来自互联网
