单词 | unanimated |
释义 | unanimatedadj. 1. Not animated or endowed with life. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > absence of life or consciousness > [adjective] lifelessOE unlivingOE bloodless and bonelessOE deadlya1225 dead1430 natureless1548 exanimate1552 inanimatea1555 unlively1563 spiritless1570 unquickened1610 unanimate1615 inanimal1623 inanimated1646 unvital1661 unanimated1697 unbreathing1709 unconscious1744 pulseless1820 azoic1854 not-living1869 abiotic1873 unvitalized1874 1697 J. Dryden Ded. Æneis in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. f1v Part of them kindled into Life; and part a lump of unform'd unanimated Mudd. 1801 J. Corry Satir. View London 91 How infinitely superior are those animated originals of feminine perfection..when compared with the unanimated beauties of even the Venus de Medici! 1834 W. Godwin Lives Necromancers 144 The ghost of the dead man stood erect before her, trembling at the view of his own unanimated limbs. 2. Dull, inanimate; not enlivened. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > lacking animation deadOE lifelessOE unquickc1475 exanimate?c1550 flat1604 unsprighty1607 spiritless1609 dead-alive1617 fireless1647 uninformed1709 inanimate1713 unanimated1734 nerveless1735 inanimated1753 dispirited1758 dead and alive1863 unalive1905 pepless1909 zipless1922 soggy1928 undead1936 1734 Prompter 19 Nov. 2/1 The empty, unanimated Briskness of a Fop, a Fool, or a Courtier. 1781 S. Johnson Thomson in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets IX. 23 Of a dull countenance, and a gross, unanimated, uninviting appearance. 1816 W. Scott Paul's Lett. to Kinsfolk 256 The total absence of cattle from the fields, gives a dull and unanimated air to a French land~scape. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality v, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. III. 103 A square face, and a set of stupid and unanimated features. 3. Not inspired or actuated by something. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [adjective] > inciting or instigating > inspiring > inspired > not uninspired1700 unanimated1856 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics I. iii. iii. 93 The understanding had been over-tasked—set to work unanimated and unaided by the conscience and the heart. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1697 |
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