单词 | unbloody |
释义 | unbloodyadj. 1. Not attended with (much or any) bloodshed. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [adjective] > types of armed encounter openeOE set battle1487 unbloody1544 pight1562 pitched1569 round1601 steadfast1623 strucka1625 running1651 stationary1737 stricken field1820 close quarters1871 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > [adjective] > non-violent > not involving bloodshed unbloody1544 bloodless1587 incruent1624 unbloodied1644 incruental1674 incruentous1675 1544 P. Betham tr. J. di Porcia Preceptes Warre i. cxciv. sig. I v Nothynge is more profytable,..then by vnbloudye battayle to wynne the mastrye. 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. iv. f. 47v There were slaine of the Percians and Arabies ten thousand, and the victorye was not vnblodye vnto the Macedones. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 88 The Spartanes..esteemed more of an vnbloudy then a bloudy victory. 1654 R. Codrington tr. Justinus Hist. v. 82 They fell not in a sluggish or an unbloody war, but fought to the last man. 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. ii. 69 Petilius Cerealis..had to doe with the populous Brigantes in many Battails, and som of those, not unbloodie. 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad II. xvii. 177 The strife was not unbloody, though of Greeks There perished fewer. 2. a. Not involving the shedding of blood; not characterized by bloodshed. ΚΠ 1548 [see sense 2b]. 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. x. iv. 202 The vnbloody, and spirituall sacrifices of prayers. 1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes ii. f. 67 Verie likelie it is to bee vrged with more violent arguments..then by the vnbloodie blowes of bare words. 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 65 Heer, many a Mars vn-bloody Combats fights. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης ix. 81 Those many..corporal inflictions wherwith his raign also before this Warr was not unbloodie. 1702 L. Echard Gen. Eccl. Hist. Introd. 17 Prohibiting the use of Wine, and using only inanimate or unbloody Sacrifices. a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George II (1822) I. 324 By the character of the age that disposition is systematized into little mischiefs and unbloody treacheries. 1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. 154/2 (note) The cause of the unbloody termination of the crisis was more creditable to the rebel leaders. 1899 A. T. Mahan Lessons of War with Spain, etc. (1900) iii. 106 Blockade..is but one form of the unbloody pressure brought to bear upon an enemy by interruption of his commerce. b. Theology. Used with reference to the eucharist, esp. in the phrase unbloody sacrifice. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > [noun] massOE servicelOE sacrament?c1225 table1340 commoningc1384 the Lord's Supperc1384 Eucharista1400 oblation?a1425 communion1440 sacrifice?1504 Lord's Table1533 Maundy1533 the Supper?1548 unbloody sacrifice1548 mystery1549 communication1550 banquet1563 liturgy1564 table service1593 synaxis1625 mysteriousness1650 second service1655 nagmaal1833 ordinance1854 table prayer1858 1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Cviv Theyr auouching..our synnes clerely to be clensed wyth theyr vnsufferable, & vnbloudye sacryfyce of christ. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 432 That unbloudy Sacrifice of the body and bloud of Christ, which is dayly exequuted by so many handes of sacrificing shavelinges. 1599 Bp. Scott in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. App. x. 30 Manyfestly affirmynge Christe to be offered daylye after an unbloody manner. 1620 Bp. J. Hall Honor Married Clergie Concl. 343 I leaue my Refuter..to the acting of his vnbloudie executions of the Sonne of God. 1651 C. Cartwright Certamen Religiosum i. 71 S. Clem. Apost. calleth it a reasonable, unbloudy, and Mysticall Sacrament. 1712 P. Leigh Life S. Wenefride 31 Saint Beuno was preparing to offer the Unbloody Sacrifice of our Redemption. 1737 R. Challoner Catholick Christian Instructed vi. 81 In the Sacrifice of the Altar, he [Christ] only dies mystically, and therefore this is an unbloody Sacrifice. 1833 J. Waterworth tr. F. Véron Rule Catholic Faith 127 In this divine sacrifice..the same Christ is present and offered in an unbloody manner, who..offered himself in a bloody manner. 1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 595 To Malachi alone it was reserved to prophesy of the unbloody Sacrifice. 3. Not covered or smeared with blood. unbloody grave, that of one who has not died by bloodshed. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > [adjective] > free from specific kinds of dirt unbepissedc1540 unbloody1594 ungored1606 motherless1607 unbloodieda1616 dustlessa1618 unpuddleda1618 unlimed1621 unmudded1625 smokeless1631 unpitched1634 undusted1648 cobweblessa1661 slimeless1672 unsmokified1693 unmiry1716 unmildewed1775 unblooded1785 unstercorated1821 moteless1869 scumless1881 smearless1885 sootless1890 unsmoked1890 1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 iii. ii. 193 Although the kyte soare with vnbloodie beake. 1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) xvi. xciv. 250 Prayers and Persuasions her Engins be, Prepared pure unbloody Bays to gain. 1733 A. Pope Ess. Man iii. 160 Unbrib'd, unbloody, stood the blameless Priest. 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose vi, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. IV. 132 You might yet lay your head on an unbloody pillow to-night. 1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein II. viii. 261 As thou desirest to sleep in an unbloody grave, let me warn thee, that the secrets of this night shall remain with thee. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood > [adjective] > not having bloodlessOE unbloody1615 sanguineless1675 exsanguinated1800 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 258 All these kinds of generation are maimed and imperfect, and therfore the creatures so procreated, are called..vnbloodye and insectile creatures. 5. Not bloodthirsty; averse to bloodshed. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > [adjective] > non-violent > not involving bloodshed > averse to bloodshed unbloodyc1665 c1665 L. Hutchinson Mem. Col. Hutchinson (1973) 192 His unbloody nature desiring to spare the rest of the delinquents. 1824 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. I. xvi. 324 Such is the characteristic expression of this brave unbloody people. Derivatives unˈbloodiness n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > [noun] > condition of unbloodiness1851 1851 W. Anderson Mass iv. 48 The unbloodiness of the Mass. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1544 |
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