释义 |
unˈteam, v. [un-2 4 b.] trans. To unyoke.
1548Elyot, Interiungo, to vnteeme the horses, that they maie reste. 1592Warner Alb. Eng. viii. xlii. 158 Our Cattell vnto stronger draughts we..would vnteame. 1667Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. (ed. 4) ii. 310 Since Justice and Authority laid by the Rods and Axes as soon as the Sun unteamed his chariot. 1675Cotton Scoffer Scoft 81 Let the Hours unteam thy Horses. absol.1662J. Davies tr. Olearius' Voy. Ambass. 413 The Muscovian Ambassador having cudgell'd one of the Waggoners, all the rest would unteam and return homewards. |