单词 | unlight |
释义 | unlightn. Darkness; shadow; the absence or opposite of light. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [noun] thesternessc888 thesterc897 murkOE theosterleykc1000 darkc1300 darkheadc1300 murknessa1325 therknessa1325 darknessc1350 tenebres1413 tenebrousa1450 obscurity1481 tenebrosity1490 obscureness1509 dern?a1513 sable?a1513 darksomeness1571 fuliginousness1576 darkishness1583 murksomeness1625 obscure1667 soot1789 tenebrity1789 nightness1839 raylessness1843 lightlessness1845 darkling1882 unlight1883 1883 G. Vigfusson & F. York Powell tr. Poetic Edda in Corpus Poeticum Boreale I. ii. 86 What is Night..called in each of the worlds?..‘Night’ among Men,..‘Unlight’ the Giants [Icel. Óliós Iǫtnar]. 1920 Argosy-Allstory Weekly 21 Aug. 474/2 Whence came the force, the mechanism that produced this cone of clarity, this not searchlight, but unlight in the midst of light? a1973 J. R. R. Tolkien Silmarillion (1977) viii. 74 A cloak of darkness she wove about them..an Unlight, in which things seemed to be no more, and which eyes could not pierce, for it was void. 2004 C. Miéville Iron Council xxix. 399 The shadows became a cloud of unlight, and like water coiling down a plughole they wound into the cone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). unlightadj.1 rare after Middle English. Not light (in various senses of light adj.1); heavy.In quot. ?1486 perhaps: massive. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] ungladc888 wearyc888 drearyc1000 dreary-moodOE heavyc1000 unmerryOE droopy?c1225 mournc1275 sada1300 languishinga1325 amayedc1330 matec1330 unlightc1330 unblissful1340 lowa1382 mishappyc1390 dullc1393 elengely1393 droopinga1400 heavy-hearteda1400 joylessa1400 sytefula1400 mornifc1400 tristy?c1400 lightless?1406 heartlessa1413 tristc1420 amatec1425 languoring?c1425 mirthlessc1430 heavisome1435 darkc1440 gloomingc1440 comfortlessc1460 amateda1470 chermatc1475 tristfula1492 lustless?1507 dolorous1513 ruthful1513 downcast1521 deject1528 heartsicka1529 lumpisha1535 coolc1540 dowlyc1540 glum1547 discouraged1548 uncheerfulc1555 dumpish1560 out of heart1565 sadded1566 amoped1573 tristive1578 desolated1580 dejected1581 à la mort1586 delightless1589 afflicted1590 gladless1590 groanful1590 gloomya1593 muddy1592 sitheful1592 cloudy1594 leaden-hearted1596 disconsolated1598 clum1599 life-weary1599 spiritless1600 dusky1602 chop-fallen1604 flat1604 disanimated1605 jaw-fallen1605 moped1606 chap-fallen1608 decheerful1608 uncheerful1612 lacklustrea1616 pulled1616 dumpya1618 depressed1621 head-hung1632 grum1640 downa1644 dispirited1647 down-at-mouth1649 down in (rarely of) the mouth1649 unhearted1650 sunlessa1658 sadful1658 unlightened1659 chagrin1665 saddened1665 damp1667 moping1674 desponding1688 tristitious1694 unenjoying1697 unraised1697 unheartya1699 unked1698 despondent1699 dismal1705 unjoyful1709 unrejoiced1714 dreara1717 disheartened1720 mumpish1721 unrejoicing1726 downhearted1742 out of spirits1745 chagrineda1754 low-spirited1753 sombrea1767 black-blooded1771 glumpy1780 oorie1787 sombrous1789 morose1791 Novemberish1793 glumpish1800 mopeful1800 die-away1802 blue-devilish1804 blue-devilled1807 malagrugrous1818 down in the hip1826 yonderly1828 sunshineless1831 downfaced1832 broody1851 in a (or the) trough1856 blue-devilly1871 drooped1873 glummy1884 pippy1886 humpy1889 pipped1914 lousy1933 pissed1943 crappy1956 doomy1961 bummed1970 the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [adjective] > heavy heavyc1000 unlightc1330 sada1375 chargeousa1382 lumpinga1400 ponderousa1400 weighingc1400 poisant1477 peisant1483 wieldlya1500 weighty1500 peiseda1522 burdenous1529 weightful1530 grave1570 leaden1578 plumbeousa1586 wieldy1592 peisy1599 well-weighing?1615 lead-like1816 hefty1867 c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 419 He toke his lod vnliȝt. c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 2383 (MED) Vrgan al in tene Ȝaf him astroke vnliȝt; His scheld he clef bi tvene A tvo. in M. Stokes & T. L. Burton Medieval Lit. & Antiq. (1987) 83 (MED) For sche had wengys at her wylle and wantyd neuer a fethyr, And I vnlyght of my lymys and lyme had I none. ?1486 Speculum Christiani So riche a temple hit was..With walles and pylers here onlyght Hyled with golde that schone ful bright. a1500 (?a1425) Ipomedon (Harl.) (1889) l. 472 He..takith hys leve with hert vnlyght. 1981 Poetry 138 107 A prime contemporary example of unlight verse is the work of Robert Penn Warren. 1991 Sunday Times (Nexis) 12 May (Features section) Nostalgia for the brilliant light and the un-light lunches of Provence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † unlightadj.2 Obsolete. = unlighted adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [adjective] > setting on fire or alight > set on fire or alight > not unlight?a1425 unlighted1581 unfired1590 uninflamed1626 unlightenedc1650 unignited1773 ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 50 (MED) If men caste in to it [sc. the Dead Sea] a lanterne light, it fletez abouen; and, if it be casten þerin vnlight, alssone it synkez to þe ground. c1475 tr. C. de Pisan Livre du Corps de Policie (Cambr.) (1977) 53 A laumpe..sholde at no tyme be lefte vnlyght. 1583 A. Marten tr. P. M. Vermigli Common Places i. x. 86/1 In Epyrus there is a well, wherein..vnlight torches are lighted. a1605 (c1486) Cristenynge Prince Arthure (Lamb. 306) in J. Gairdner Three 15th-cent. Chrons. (1880) 104 The torches unlight met hym at the steyre foote.., and so went by fore hym unlyght to the chirche. a1650 S. D'Ewes Jrnls. Parl. Queen Elizabeth anno 1571 (1682) 152/2 Were it not a meer madness for a man to provide fair Torches.., and when he should use them in the dark, to carry them unlight? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † unlightadj.3 Obsolete. rare. Not dismounted; on horseback. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > rider > [adjective] > dismounted > not unlightc1540 c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 54v He raght to the reynes of þe riche qwene..And led hir vnlight into a large halle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † unlightadj.4 Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. Not light or bright; dark. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > [adjective] dima1000 darkOE troublea1327 palec1385 dullc1430 unclearc1440 unbright1534 cloudy1556 unlight1570 muddy1600 wan1601 opacous1616 filmy1642 illuminous1656 crepuscular1668 dumb1720 rayless1754 opaque1794 veilya1802 turbid1811 unlucent1819 ineffulgent1824 blear1830 unrefulgent1856 subluminous1860 subaqueous1875 shineless1882 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Kii v/1 Vnlight, obscurus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † unlightv.α. Middle English unleght, 1600s vnlight, 1600s–1900s unlight. β. 1800s–1900s onlight. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To lighten or alleviate (something regarded as a burden); to relieve of. rare.In quot. with reference to the burden of sin. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > lightness > make light or lighter [verb (transitive)] > relieve of a weight or load lightenc1390 unlighta1425 light1545 a1425 in R. H. Bowers Three Middle Eng. Relig. Poems (1963) 27 (MED) He may no thyng there unleght So he may unloke hys heght; Of al hys lyf he sal yeld acownte Wat hys whyt & hys gode amownte. 2. intransitive. To alight; to dismount. English regional (south-western) in later use. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride a horse (or other animal) [verb (intransitive)] > dismount lighteOE alightOE falla1300 avoid1485 demountc1540 elight1542 descend1548 avale1590 dismount1594 alighten1600 unlight1623 unhorse1633 unmount1655 to get off1688 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > ride in a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > alight from a vehicle dismount1594 avale1596 land1693 alight1704 to step out1753 unlight1796 to hop in (also out)1955 deboard1960 α. β. 1884 Edinb. Monthly Mag. Dec. 786/2 One or two had onlighted and was standing by their hunters, but most of 'em was in the saddle.1893 F. E. M. Steele Encore Reciter 32/2 An as we rode on, we talked zoft and tender..when we onlighted down to the White Hart, We tramped off in dwoos and in drees.1910 E. Phillpotts Tales of Tenements 304 She onlighted off the horse then.1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Degresse, to vnlight from a Horse. 1667 J. Yonge Jrnl. (1963) (modernized text) 109 He did not unlight, but as we rode through it we saw the Judges sit in Judicature. 1701 M. D'Assigny Hist. Earls & Earldom Flanders 100 He advanc'd.., and commanded them [sc. his French Cavalry] to unlight that they might fight on Foot. 1796 M. Robinson Angelina II. 174 I'm sure you hadn't no companion when you unlighted. 1869 E. W. Sunday Evenings at Brocklegh Hall 233 The wagon soon arrived. ‘A terrible job them w'll have to unlight from that high thing,’ remarked Sally. 1901 J. F. Jane Ever Mohun 218 She unlighted and walked, pushing her machine. 1910 Jrnl. Folk-Song Soc. 4 117 ‘Unlight, unlight, my pretty Polly, Unlight, unlight,’ cries he. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1883adj.1c1330adj.2?a1425adj.3c1540adj.41570v.a1425 |
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