resistless

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ɹɪˈzɪstləs/    美 /ɹəˈzɪstləs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. That cannot be resisted; irresistible.
    — His name was Talus, made of yron mould, / Immoveable, resistlesse, without end […]
  2. Putting up no resistance; unresisting.
    — All this time they were doing something—I could not see what—to the corpse; sometimes they were too busy rifling the dead body, I believe, to talk; again they let it fall with a heavy, resistless thud, and took to quarrelling.

词形变化

more resistless comparative most resistless superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
resistlessly resistlessness

词源

Etymology tree
English resist
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 resistless
From resist + -less.
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