matchless

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Having no match; without equal.
    — [T]he Prince was to declare the victor in the first day's tourney, who should receive as prize a warhorse of exquisite beauty and matchless strength.
  2. Without the use of matches for ignition. not-comparable
    — a matchless stove
  3. Having no mate.
    — In this comedy, a matchmaker has a matchless daughter. Try as he might, he cannot seem to find anyone for her.

词形变化

more matchless comparative most matchless superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
matchlessly matchlessness unmatchless

词源

词源 1
From match + -less, modelled after or partly continuing Middle English makeless (“having no peer or equal, matchless”), equivalent to make + -less. Compare Swedish makalös (“incomparable, matchless”), Danish mageløs (“matchless”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
English match
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 matchless
From match + -less.
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