English Dictionary

airless

IPA（発音記号）

/eə(ɹ).ləs/

形容詞

比喩的用法

Lacking or being without air. / Lacking air circulation. / With air that is stale. / (medicine) Suffering from asphyxia. / (figuratively) Stifling; dead; lacking vitality or excitement.

日本語の意味

空気が存在しない、または空気を欠いている状態 / 通気性がなく、空気の循環がない状態 / 空気が停滞しており、古くなっているまたはこもった状態 / （医学的意味で）酸欠や窒息状態にある / （比喩的に）活気や刺激がなく、息苦しい、魅力に欠ける

The airless chamber felt suffocating until the ventilation system turned on.

換気システムが作動するまで、空気のない室内は息苦しく感じた。

意味（1）

Lacking or being without air.

意味（2）

Lacking air circulation.

[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.

意味（3）

With air that is stale.

意味（4）

(medicine) Suffering from asphyxia.

意味（5）

(figuratively) Stifling; dead; lacking vitality or excitement.

The worst that can—and has—been said about Memento is that it’s an airless gimmick, visually undistinguished, and not even all that sophisticated when the puzzle pieces are finally put together.

more airless （ comparative ）

most airless （ superlative ）