单词 | disleaf |
释义 | disleafdisleavev. transitive. To strip of leaves. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > strip or make bare > strip of foliage or fruit > strip of leaves bladec1440 disfulȝea1525 unleave1589 unleaf1598 defoil1601 disleaf1605 unfurnish1712 defoliate1793 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 385 If now the Laurel..be dis-leau'd and vaded. 1854 J. R. Lowell Cambr. 30 Years Ago in Prose Wks. (1890) I. 89 The canker-worm that annually disleaved her elms. Derivatives disˈleafing n. ΚΠ 1830 Fraser's Mag. 1 36 A disleafing which, as in the vine, ripens and incites the grapes. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes i. 32 Its ‘boughs’, with their buddings and disleafings. disˈleaved adj. ΚΠ 1655 S. Hartlib Reformed Virginian Silk-worm 27 They will now be found in the Woods on the dis-leaved trees. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.1605 |
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