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sunless

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++sun·less /ˈsʌnləs/ adjective  DARKhaving no light from the sun 无阳[]光的 SYN dark the sunless depths of the ocean 阳光照不到的海洋深处
Examples from the Corpus
sunlessA pair of collared doves were moaning in the trees overhead; the day was absolutely still - sunless and oppressive.On sunless Beltanes he had invariably found himself alone there, but never on such a glorious evening as this.It would be absurd to approve of such events taking place on grey, sunless days in dark, depressing places.I could hear some wind which reached down to the cellars of a sunless earth.a sunless prison cellLondon had been grit grey for months, and Jay fought the sunless skies with the blade of keen memory.When he drove home across the bridge, their sullen sunless sky came with him.
sun·less adjectiveChineseSyllable
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sunless
sunless /ˈsʌnləs/ adjective
having no light from the sun
   SYN  dark:
    the sunless depths of the ocean


sun·lessBrE /ˈsʌnləs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsʌnləs/ 🔊 adjectivewithout any sun; receiving no light from the sun 无阳光的;阳光照不到的 SYN gloomy a sunless day无阳光的一天 OPP sunny