| 释义 |
un-ˈGreek, n. and a.
[un-1 12 and 7. Cf. (in sense 1) Du. Ongriek, G. Ungrieche (Luther), older Da. Ugræke.]
A. n. One who is not a Greek. rare.
1535Coverdale Rom. i. 14, I am detter both to the Grekes, and to the vngrekes.
B. adj. Not Greek in character; not in accordance with Greek ideas or habits.
1846Keightley Notes Virg. 332 Supplying..a totally un-Latin secundum, in Greek a κατά, which is for the most part quite as un-Greek. 1853Whewell Grotius III. 221 The slaughter of the Thebans, who had surrendered, was an un-Greek massacre. 1871Jowett Plato II. 38 One of the most remarkable conceptions of the Republic [of Plato], because un-Greek in character. |