childless

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++child·less /ˈtʃaɪldləs/ adjective BABY/HAVE A BABYhaving no children 没孩子的，无子女的childless couple/woman/marriage It was a happy but childless marriage. 这是一桩幸福的婚姻，就是没有孩子。 couples who deliberately remain childless 故意不要孩子的夫妇 —childlessness noun [uncountable]

Examples from the Corpus

childless• In a recent survey, the IoD found that 43% of its female members were childless.• Looking around the modern world, she was not encouraged; powerful men are often childless.• Women who make partner are disproportionately unmarried or divorced, and childless.• The woman Rebecca, my father's childless and rejected wife, haunts my early years.• a childless couple• Until now only single childless women aged 17-27 have been able to work as au pairs in Britain.childless couple/woman/marriage• It was a happy but childless marriage.• It was on the outskirts of the village and belonged to an elderly, childless couple.• When the embryo was found to be male the Mastertons gave it away to a childless couple.• Until now only single childless women aged 17-27 have been able to work as au pairs in Britain.• Like many childless couples, Bobbie and Philip Bernisch wanted a baby.• Some believe that a childless woman had been driven away from her husband's home so that he could marry again.• The threshold for childless couples under pensionable age was 57 percent above income support levels.

child·less adjectiveChineseSyllable

Corpus children no having

childless
child‧less /ˈtʃaɪldləs/