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单词 disarmed
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disarmedadj.

Brit. /dɪsˈɑːmd/, U.S. /ˌdɪsˈɑrmd/
Forms: see disarm v. and -ed suffix1; also late Middle English dysharmyd.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: disarm v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < disarm v. + -ed suffix1.Compare Middle French desarmé, French désarmé (12th cent. in Old French; 1690 in the specific heraldic use).
1. Without arms or armour; unarmed; deprived of a means of attack or defence.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > [adjective] > not
weaponlessa1000
unweaponedc1200
barec1275
unarmed1297
nakedc1300
plaina1400
disarmedc1425
unboden1456
unbarbed1565
unbarded1598
unmunitioned1626
armlessa1640
munitionless1871
barehanded1874
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iii. l. 5380 (MED) His brest disarmyd was & bare.
1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes (new ed.) f. 117 Should hee vse in defense Disarmed hands..or pardon ask, for meed?
1595 E. Spenser Amoretti xii, in Amoretti & Epithalamion sig. A7v I then disarmed did remaine.
1628 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Peloponnesian War (1822) 141 The Plateans..aimed their arrows and darts at their more disarmed parts.
1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Disarmed, (among Hunters) Deers are said to be when the Horns are faln.
1736 F. Drake Eboracum App. p. xiii. The first represents a military figure hanging up a trophy or a laurel; the second a disarmed soldier or gladiator.
1779 A. Hewatt Hist. Acct. Rise & Progress Colonies S. Carolina & Georgia II. viii. 91 It is no easy matter to vindicate the conqueror's right to murder or enslave a disarmed enemy.
1821 J. Baillie W. Wallace in Metrical Legends xciii As sleeping and disarmed he lay.
1855 J. E. Cooke Ellie i. xix. 108 This gentleman was fierce and cruel to the poor; he never failed to strike a disarmed victim.
1932 M. Nomad Rebels & Renegades 310 Like the Cossacks of the Tsar's time, his Fascist militia is formidable only against a disarmed population.
1961 Guardian 24 Oct. 8/3 The problems of a disarmed world, peace-keeping machinery, etc.
2010 Church Times 5 Feb. 14/4 Thus Mr Blair agreed to the illegal invasion of a disarmed country, as did Parliament.
2. Heraldry. Of an animal or bird of prey: represented without a natural means of defence, as claws, teeth, etc.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [adjective] > with or without teeth, claws, etc.
armed1445
disarmed1688
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. vii. 141/1 The Lion be dismembred of any particular part, then you shall say..Disarmed, if he have neither Tongue or Claws.
1777 ‘M. A. Porny’ Elements Heraldry (ed. 3) 49 (note) The Lion, which he had in his Coat-of-arms, disarmed; that is without either Claws or Tongue.
1830 T. Robson Brit. Herald III. Gloss. Disarmed..is said of an animal or bird of prey, without claws, teeth, or beak.
1869 J. E. Cussans Handbk. Heraldry (rev. ed.) viii. 117 Disarmed, Beasts and Birds of prey are thus blazoned when they are deprived of their claws and teeth, or beaks.
1915 G. C. Rothery A.B.C. of Heraldry v. 50 De Ganays, of Burgundy, who derive from a lawyer stock, bear emblematically: or, an eagle disarmed sable; for the talons and beak properly belong to the warrior.
2012 S. Oliver Heraldry iv. 136 Disarmed, with no beak, claws, horns, or tusks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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