flightless

形容词 adj.
中文释义
发音 flīt'lĭs

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Unable to fly.; Describing kinds of birds that normally cannot fly, such as the penguin, ostrich, and emu. not-comparable,usually
    — Near-synonyms: apterous, wingless
  2. Unable to fly.; Describing an individual bird that normally would be able to fly but in this case cannot, such as an injured sparrow. not-comparable,uncommon
    — The animal shelter has a flightless sparrow named Shiny, who seems to make up for his disability by being an avid runner.
  3. Unable to fly.; Suddenly deprived of a scheduled (airline) flight by its cancellation. humorous,not-comparable,uncommon
    — Oh great, some wind is blowing in Chicago, so now I'm flightless in Seattle, because this airline can't cope!

词汇关系

衍生词
flightless cormorant flightlessly flightlessness New Guinea flightless rail semiflightless
相关词
unflightworthy unflyable unflying featherless

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *plew-
Proto-Indo-European *plewk-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *pléwketi
Proto-Germanic *fleuganą
Proto-West Germanic *fleugan
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Germanic *-þiz
Proto-West Germanic *-þi
Proto-West Germanic *fluhti
Old English flyht
Middle English flight
English flight
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English flightless
From flight + -less.
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