词汇 | bottomless |
释义 | bottomless adjective uk /ˈbɒt.əm.ləs/ us /ˈbɑː.t̬əm.ləs/ A bottomless hole, container, etc. has or appears to have no bottom: The pond looked dark, almost bottomless. They believed that at the centre of the earth, the sea poured into a bottomless hole. without a limit or end: 无底的;极深的;深不可测的;无限的 She had a bottomless hunger for learning. The generosity of the local people is bottomless.当地人热情无比。 serving or including an unlimited number of drinks, and sometimes food, in exchange for a single payment: They offer bottomless coffee and iced water throughout the day. a bottomless champagne brunch If you want your food served with free-flowing fizz, cocktails, or beer, check out our guide to bottomless lunches in the city. See also bottomless pit They looked out on a murky, bottomless lake. He said that the university's pockets were not bottomless. They face bottomless legal expenses. They were impressed by his seemingly bottomless knowledge of birds. The ticket price includes live music and a bottomless keg of beer. A bottomless brunch normally has a set time frame — typically 1.5 to 2 hours. High, tall and deep abysmal altitude ankle-deep deep dwarf ectomorph ectomorphic elevated higher lofty overshadow rangy rear rear above/over something/someone stand tallish tallness tower tower above/over someone/something towering You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Unlimited bottomless | American Dictionarybottomless adjective[ not gradable ] us/ˈbɑt̬·əm·ləs/ seemingly without a bottom, limit, or end: Could the pond really be bottomless? I wish I had a bottomless source of ideas. Examples of bottomlessbottomless Those mountains with their deep jungle, the mist still entangled in the treetops, and the bottomless lake far below me. To think otherwise was to open a bottomless can of worms. Brothers were locked in a bottomless pit of death. The bottomless space or the abyss in which perceptible matter is contained would suggest to us the notion of this phenomenon, resulting in the unlimited synonymity of space and infinity. In the other scenario the government runs the risk of pouring tax revenue into a bottomless pit. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The public purse is not bottomless, and all the money in it comes from taxpayers and charge payers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are calling to each other across a bottomless abyss; we shall never bridge it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that now we are at the brink of that pit that is bottomless. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As decades of experience show, the public sector is a bottomless pit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Decommissioning is a long-term solution to the industry's problems, whereas tie-ups pour money into a potentially bottomless hole. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If so, are there other areas of government expenditure where the public purse is regarded as being bottomless? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no bottomless purse available for funding excessive settlements. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are determined to help countries much poorer than ourselves, but we have no bottomless purse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not pouring money into a bottomless sink or throwing it down the drain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no legal aid here for objectors of limited means, and it would sometimes appear that the authorities have an almost bottomless purse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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