| 释义 |
unˈguard, v.
[un-2 4.]
1. trans. To strip of a guard or edging.
1598Florio, Disfrangiare, to vnfringe,..to vngard.
2. To deprive of a guard or defence; to lay open to attack.
1745Fielding Tom Jones v. v, Some well-chosen presents from the philosopher so softened and unguarded the girl's heart, that a favourable opportunity became irresistible. 1801Ireland Nuptiæ Sacræ 128 Every man, by degrees, will unguard the virtue of his house, hitherto sacred. 1847Lytton Lucretia 64 She accepted the intimacy held out to her, not to unguard herself, but to lay open her opponent.
b. Whist, etc. To expose (a high card) to the risk of loss by discarding a lower and protecting card.
1862‘Cavendish’ Whist (1864) 95 Trick v.—α unguards his queen of spades. 1887McIntosh Mod. Whist 81 It is better to blank an ace than unguard king or queen. |