nameless
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++name·less /ˈneɪmləs/ adjective 1 who shall remain nameless spokenNAME OF A PERSON used when you want to say that someone has done something wrong but without mentioning their name, especially to criticize them in a friendly way 不便透露姓名的〔尤指一种礼貌的批评方式〕 A certain person, who shall remain nameless, forgot to lock the front door. 某人忘了锁前门，名字我就不说了。2 NAME OF A PERSON[only before noun] a nameless person is someone whose name is not known 无名的，不知名的 the work of some nameless 13th-century writer 某位13世纪无名作家的作品3 NAME OF A THING[only before noun] a nameless thing does not have a name 无名的，未取名的 He lay in a nameless grave. 他安息在无名的墓冢里。4 EXACT[only before noun] literary nameless emotions are very strong and difficult to describe in words 〔情感〕不可名状的，难以形容的 He managed to calm her nameless fears. 他设法使她克服了难言的恐惧。5 [only before noun] literary too terrible to name or describe 〔糟糕得〕难以描述的 nameless horrors 难以言表的恐惧Examples from the Corpus
nameless• There's a land where the mountains are nameless.• The magical child was, however, nameless.• They become a prey to nameless and often unspoken fears.• On some nights, I would pretend the sounds were ocean waves and I was in a mansion on a nameless beach.• nameless crimes• Then you realize that you have been tattooed somewhere with a nameless fear.• Nameless fears made her tremble.• A harmless pleasure can become the gateway to nameless hells when for whatever reasons it begins to carry a significant symbolic meaning.• No one gives much thought to the nameless millions who work in our factories.• There were any number of nameless partners, telling her she was a cute chick, trying to fondle her.• The information was supplied by a nameless source.• the nameless victims of the nation's civil warname·less adjectiveChineseSyllable
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name‧less /ˈneɪmləs/
adjective1. who shall remain nameless spoken used when you want to say that someone has done something wrong but without mentioning their name, especially to criticize them in a friendly way:
A certain person, who shall remain nameless, forgot to lock the front door.
2. [only before noun] a nameless person is someone whose name is not known:
the work of some nameless 13th-century writer
3. [only before noun] a nameless thing does not have a name:
He lay still in his nameless grave.
4. [only before noun] literary nameless emotions are very strong and difficult to describe in words:
He managed to calm her nameless fears.
5. [only before noun] literary too terrible to name or describe:
nameless horrors
name‧less /ˈneɪmləs/
adjective1. who shall remain nameless spoken used when you want to say that someone has done something wrong but without mentioning their name, especially to criticize them in a friendly way: 2. [only before noun] a nameless person is someone whose name is not known:
3. [only before noun] a nameless thing does not have a name:
4. [only before noun] literary nameless emotions are very strong and difficult to describe in words:
5. [only before noun] literary too terrible to name or describe: