单词 | unbuttoned |
释义 | unbuttonedadj. 1. Not furnished with a button or buttons. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > having specific parts > buttons > not unbuttoned1582 buttonless1655 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [adjective] > furnished with a button > not unbuttoned1902 1582 Rates Custome House (new ed.) sig. Fiv Caps vnbuttoned English the dosen xvi.s. viij.d. 1902 Daily Chron. 8 Dec. 3/6 Woe to the man who has to encounter an enemy like M. Merignac with a duelling sword or an unbuttoned foil. 2. Not fastened with buttons; having the buttons unfastened. Also figurative.In some instances possibly f. unbutton v. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > fastened in specific way > buttoned > not unbuttoned1592 1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. D4v A thredbare blacke coate vnbuttond before vpon the brest. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 367 Your hose should be vngarter'd, your bonnet vnbanded, your sleeue vnbutton'd. View more context for this quotation 1645 J. Milton Colasterion 19 This is not for an unbutton'd fellow to discuss in the Garret, at his tressle. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 129. ¶9 His new silk Waistcoat, that was unbuttoned in several Places to let us see that he had a clean Shirt on. 1790 J. C. Smyth in Med. Communications 2 477 I..found him..sitting in a great chair with the collar of his shirt unbuttoned. 1832 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eugene Aram I. i. ii. 21 The one short, dry, fragile, and betraying a love of ease in his unbuttoned vest. 1854 A. W. Fonblanque in Life & Labours (1874) vi. 513 If he had seen the same officer with an unbuttoned jacket, or any other disorder in his dress. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1582 |
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