- 1沒有陽光的、照不到太陽的(文學色彩,帶點陰暗沉悶的感覺)
With no sunshine — used for a place or a stretch of time where the sun does not reach or does not come out: a sunless room at the back of a building, a sunless week of rain, a sunless winter afternoon.
With no sunshine沒有陽光——used for a place or a stretch of time用來形容一個地方或一段時間 where the sun does not reach or does not come out陽光照不到或不出來:a sunless room at the back of a building大樓後面照不到太陽的房間,a sunless week of rain一整週下雨不見陽光,a sunless winter afternoon不見陽光的冬日午後。
It is a slightly literary word, more common in writing than in speech; in conversation people say "there's no sun" or "it's grey". It usually carries a mood with it — cold, dull, a bit depressing — so writers reach for it when they want that feeling.
It is a slightly literary word這是個稍微文學一點的字,more common in writing than in speech寫作裡比口語裡常見;in conversation people say "there's no sun" or "it's grey"平常講話大家會說「沒有太陽」或「陰陰的」。It usually carries a mood with it它通常帶著一種氣氛——cold, dull, a bit depressing冷、沉悶、有點壓抑——so writers reach for it when they want that feeling所以作家想營造那種感覺時就會用它。
One modern exception runs the other way: "sunless tanning" is the advertising term for creams and sprays that brown your skin without sun, and there the word is neutral and technical.
One modern exception runs the other way有一個現代的例外反過來:"sunless tanning""sunless tanning" is the advertising term for creams and sprays that brown your skin without sun是廣告用語,指不曬太陽就能讓皮膚變黑的乳液和噴霧,and there the word is neutral and technical在這裡這個字是中性、技術性的。
core核心畫面
組成sun + -less, the ending meaning "without". The -less ending goes back to Old English -lēas, from a root meaning loose or free of something — the same idea as "free of", not the "less" that means smaller amount.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
sunlessadj
- 1
Without the sun or sunshine; shaded; shadowed.
- In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree: / Where Alph, the sacred river, ran / Through caverns measureless to man / Down to a sunless sea.
- 2
Dreary, cheerless.
- When I first saw her, her countenance was sunless, her complexion colourless; she looked like one who had no source of enjoyment, no store of bliss anywhere in the world.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。