handless

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Without any hands.
    — Together with his mangled Myrmidons, That noseless, handless, hack'd and chipp'd, come to him
  2. Without a handle. not-comparable
    — She gave him a few coppers from the handless jug.
  3. Not handy; awkward. obsolete
    — We’ll take a dram for luck, and as soon as this handless man of mine has the collops ready, we’ll dine and take a hand at the cartes as gentlemen should.

词形变化

more handless comparative most handless superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
handlessness
相关词
handed hands-free hands-off

词源

词源 1
From Middle English handles, from Old English *handlēas, from Proto-Germanic *handulausaz (“handless”), equivalent to hand + -less. Cognate with West Frisian hânleas (“handless”), German handlos (“handless”), Icelandic handlauss (“handless”).
词源 2
From handleless, by haplology, under the influence of etymology 1 above.
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