| 释义 |
spareless, a. and adv.|ˈspɛəlɪs|
[f. as prec.]
†1. Unstinted, unlimited. Obs.
a1400–50Alexander 5467 Sum spends on him of sponges a sparles nounbre.
2. Unsparing, merciless.
1589Rare Triumphes Loue & Fortune i. in J. P. Collier Five O. Pl. (Roxb.) 87 What I have promist doubt not to be perfourmed; The sparelesse destinies my will affoorde: Let this defend thee, like a trusty swoord. 1605Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iii. ii. Fathers 140 Alas! I could not but even dye for griefe, Should I but yeeld mine Age's sweet reliefe..Into the hands of hang-men's spare-lesse spight. 1826R. S. Hawker Cornish Ball., etc. (1904) 220 Thy spareless foe Bears the fell shaft and fatal blow. a1851Moir Unknown Grave vi. Poet. Wks. II. 346 When all the friends..Were vanish'd..; Pluck'd one by one by spareless Time.
3. As adv. Without stint.
1567Painter Pal. Pleas. II. 427 With a fashion of attire to garnish their inward parts, so well as (sparelesse) they imploy vpon the vanishing pompe. |
