waterless

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Dry, arid, lacking water. not-comparable
    — The waterless desert can kill in many ways but dehydration is often fastest.
  2. Not requiring water. not-comparable
    — How does a waterless urinal have a drain trap?

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Westley Waterless

词源

From Middle English waterles, waterlees, from Old English wæterlēas (“waterless”), from Proto-Germanic *watōrlausaz, equivalent to water + -less. Cognate with Saterland Frisian woaterloos (“waterless”), West Frisian wetterleas (“waterless”), Dutch waterloos (“waterless”), German wasserlos (“waterless”), Swedish vattenlös (“waterless”), Icelandic vatnslaus (“waterless”).
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