单词 | un-english |
释义 | un-Englishadj. 1. Not English in character; lacking the qualities regarded as typically English. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [adjective] > not un-English1633 1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix 546 So unmanly, degenerous and un-English (if I may so speake) in their whole conversation. 1745 H. Walpole Let. 27 May in Corr. (1974) XXXVII. 195 This is so un-English, or so unheroic, that I despair of you! 1763 Ann. Reg., Chron. 89/2 One of the members..called the attack ‘a horrid un-English act’. 1803 J. Mackintosh in Trial J. Peltier 156 Though deserted by the un-English Government of England, they asserted their own ancient character. 1848 in Life A. Fonblanque (1874) 225 The un-English practice of secret voting will be resorted to. 1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 308 A false patriotism that thought it un-English to wear foreign fabrics. 2. Not English by occupation or possession. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > England > [adjective] > not English un-English1738 1738 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 427/1 Such beauties..are,..save at Finedon, hardly found On English or un-English ground. 1902 Daily Chron. 18 July 5/4 With Delagoa Bay the only harbour still un-English passes into England's power. Draft additions 1993 un-ˈEnglishness n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > state or fact of being > not un-Englishness1947 1947 V. Sackville-West Let. in V. Glendinning Vita (1983) xxxi. 349 Dear Jim, I grew so fond of you... You must forgive the un-Englishness of my saying this. 1960 C. Watson Bump in Night xii. 123 High explosive..is the very apotheosis of un-Englishness. 1986 E. Longford Pebbled Shore v. 77 An un-Englishness which she emphasized by never appearing in anything but silk dresses. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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