(adj.) without offspring; 'in some societies a childless woman is rejected by her tribesmen' .
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双语例句
But Adrian is alone, wifeless, childless, unoccupied. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.
And Celia the matron naturally felt more able to advise her childless sister. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
Thou wilt have the less to provide for, Jew, if thou art childless, said Aymer. 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
One by one, her brothers and sister died; and her mother, with the exception of her neglected daughter, was left childless. 玛丽·雪莱.弗兰肯斯坦.
For some years they remained childless. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
The childless old lady had offered to adopt one of the girls when the troubles came, and was much offended because her offer was declined. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特.小妇人.
I am an aged beggar'd man--I fear me a childless--have ruth on me, and let me go! 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
For he was now divorcing his old helper Josephine, because she was childless, in order to secure the continuity of his dynasty. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
To the book of Genesis the reader must go to read how Abraham, being childless, doubted this promise, and of the births of Ishmael and Isaac. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
If I had been a casual passer-by, I should have probably supposed that some childless person lay dead in it. 查尔斯·狄更斯.大卫·科波菲尔.
If she died single, or died childless, the estate would revert to her cousin, Magdalen, the daughter of Mr. Arthur Fairlie. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.