释义 |
unˈcity, v. [un-2 6 b.] trans. a. To deprive of the privileges of a city. b. To destroy as a city.
a1661Fuller Worthies, Glouc. i. (1662) 368 Seeing some questioned its Charter, and would have had it Un-Citied, because Un-Bishoped in our Civil Wars. 1850Blackie æschylus I. 211 The ancient city of famous Priam thou Didst sheer uncity. |