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Numberless means too many to count. It is a slightly old, way to say 'countless.' Poets and like it: numberless stars, numberless years, numberless faces in a crowd. In ordinary talk, most people say 'too many to count' or 'countless' instead. It does not mean 'you have no number,' and it does not mean 'without a phone number.' The -less here means 'so many that counting does not help,' not 'lacking a number.'
無數的、數不清的(偏書面)
組成From number + -less.
同家族的字
- numberthe base: without a number you can finish counting
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
numberlessadj/ˈnʌmbələs/
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Without number; having too many to count.
- The stars are as numberless as the grains of sand on a beach.
- The lunch […] consisted […] of […] lobster mayonnaise, cold game sausages, an immense veal and ham pie farced with eggs, truffles, and numberless delicious flavours; besides kickshaws, creams and sweetmeats.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。