| 释义 |
unˈheeding, ppl. a.
[un-1 10, 5 d.]
1. Not giving heed; heedless, inattentive.
pred.1737Glover Leonidas vi. (1810) 111 Some torn deer, which..Had roam'd, unheeding, in the secret shade. 1816Byron Parisina x, All silent and unheeding now, With downcast eyes and knitting brow. 1848Mrs. Gaskell Mary Barton ix, He sat down by the fire in his wet things, unheeding.
attrib.1791Cowper Iliad xvi. 424 Lambs, which haply some unheeding swain Hath left to roam at large the mountains wild. 1817Shelley Rev. Islam iii. x, These words had fallen on my unheeding ear. 1872Black Adv. Phaeton xxvi. 355 Groups of unheeding trees and streams.
2. Const. of, or with direct object.
(a)1795Fate of Sedley II. 198, I ramble over the country unheeding of the storm. 1840T. Hook Fitzherbert II. vi. 153 To pull the rose unheeding of the thorn.
(b)1798Southey Joan of Arc (ed. 2) i. I. 124, I sat in silence,..unheeding and unseeing all Around me. 1835Lytton Rienzi i. iii, Waving his hand to the smith, and unheeding his brandished weapon. 1892Gunter Miss Dividends xi, Then, unheeding his proffered aid, Erma descends from the carriage.
Hence unˈheedingly adv., heedlessly.
1787William of Normandy II. 126 All the secrets..I unheedingly trusted him with. 1834Lytton Pilgr. Rhine xix, He passed..unheedingly. |