| 释义 |
unˈstarch, v.
[un-2 4.]
trans. To free from stiffness.
1600B. Jonson Cynthia's Rev. iii. ii, [He] dares not smile Beyond a point, for fear t'unstarch his look. 1641J. Trapp Theol. Theol. iv. 174 [Paul] unstarcht the Oratours speech (as one phrases it) afore Felix. 1683Kennett Erasm. on Folly 32 He cannot unstarch his gravity.
Hence unˈstarching vbl. n.
1647Trapp Comm. 1 Cor. i. 17 Witness his [i.e. Paul's] artificiall unstarching of the Oratours speech, Act. 26. |