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单词 undriven
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undrivenadj.

Etymology: un- prefix1 2b, 10b Compare Old English undrifen.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈdriven.
a. Not forced on by driving.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > free will > [adjective] > not compelled or forced
unconstrainedc1386
undistraineda1400
uncompelled1470
unastrainedc1480
uncommandeda1535
uncoacted1545
unforced1605
unenforced1607
undriven1615
incoact1616
incoacteda1676
unnecessitated1712
uncoerced1791
1615 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. III. O.T. x. 291 When maintenance and honour calls him, hee goes vndriuen.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis x, in tr. Virgil Wks. 513 The doubtful rack of Heav'n Stands without Motion, and the Tyde undriv'n.
1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xxx. 192 It shall sooner burst, than voluntarily, uncompelled, undriven, dictate a measure that shall cast a slur..upon them.
1892 M. Dods Gospel St. John II. xiii. 195 To stand before life as independent, unfettered, undriven men.
b. Of snow: (Apparently for driven adj. 2).
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [adjective] > driving or driven > not
undriven1832
1832 B. Disraeli Contarini Fleming IV. v. xxii. 118 Its [sc. Sunium's] columns against a dark cloud looked like undriven snow.
1865 P. H. Gosse Land & Sea 195 The purity of the undriven snow.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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