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nerveless

/nurv-lis/US // ˈnɜrv lɪs //UK // (ˈnɜːvlɪs) //

无神经质,无神经质的,无神经的,无神经

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : without nervousness, as in emergencies; calm; collected.
    • : lacking strength or vigor; feeble; weak.
    • : lacking firmness or courage; spiritless; cowardly.
    • : Anatomy, Botany. having no nerves.

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Examples

  • The energetic, the daring, the high-spirited go, leaving the residue more abject and nerveless than ever.

  • Isabel longed for the time when she should enter them and pick up the threads dropped from her mother's nerveless fingers.

  • For twenty minutes his hand never falters, then the charcoal drops from his nerveless fingers!

  • Suddenly the audience was startled by the snapping of a string; the violin and bow dropped from the nerveless hands of the player.

  • The knob under Genevieve's nerveless fingers clicked sharply, and Miss Hart raised her head with a start.