单词 | unclad |
释义 | uncladadj. 1. Not clad or clothed; undressed; naked. Formerly also: †not wearing adequate or appropriate clothing (obsolete). Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > nakedness or state of being unclothed > [adjective] nakedOE bareOE start nakedc1225 nakec1300 unarrayedc1380 clothelessc1386 mother-nakedc1390 stark nakedc1390 bareda1400 naked as a needlec1400 unattiredc1400 uncladc1400 uncoveredc1400 loose1423 unclothedc1440 belly-nakeda1500 naked as one's nail1563 unabuilyeit1568 sindonlessc1595 leathern1596 disarrayed1611 undressed1613 debaredc1620 unapparelled1622 unaccoutred?1750 stark1762 disrobed1794 ungarmented1798 undraped1814 au naturel1828 nude1830 skyclad1832 garbless1838 kitless1846 spar-naked1849 raimentless1852 undoffed1854 togless1857 garmentless1866 naked as a robin1866 clothesless1868 sky clothed1878 nakedized1885 altogether1896 buck naked1913 raw1916 bollock naked1922 starkers1923 starko1923 stitchless1927 naked as a jaybird1931 bollock1950 rollock naked1962 nekkid1977 kit-off1992 c1400 Life St. Anne (Minn.) (1928) l. 1977 (MED) Þe thefs wyffe..sayde, ‘leue, syr, yt were gret syn To leve þer folke unclad; I rede on no wysse þat ȝe þam spoyle.’ c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 850 Qwenne ho se him vnclad, Þen þe lady wex drede. 1500 Ortus Vocabulaorum sig. S viijv/1 Inuestitus, vncladde. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. xii. sig. Vij He was a shamed to approche nigh to it, beinge in so simple astate & vnkladde. 1577 T. Kendall Flowers of Epigrammes f. 82 In life poore naked soule vnclad, now clad in cloddes ye see. 1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. Vnclothed or unclad, ontkleedt. a1676 J. Dunton Dialogical Disc. Adonibezeck 134 in Heavenly Pastime (1685) His milk-white Body all unclad, undrest! 1760 A. Murphy Desert Island ii. 33 That I may sit With unclad sides, upon some blasted heath. 1761 R. Glover Medea i. i. 2 Creon knows, thy altar Unclad with garlands still proclaims thy firmness Against his daughter's marriage. 1827 R. Pollok Course of Time II. ix. 212 Decrepit, withered wretch, unhoused, unclad. 1881 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 7996 His unclad skin renders him acutely sensitive to extremes of heat and cold. 1910 Times 6/1 29 Mar. On the forlorn wreck of a jetty we are met by half a dozen almost unclad black folk. 1959 Life 11 May 79/1 To the Victorian eye she seemed utterly unclad and wildly provocative. 2016 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 23 June 7 Imagine..his astonishment..to discover himself in the presence of unclad young women slithering up and down poles. 2. Not provided with cladding (cladding n. 2). ΚΠ 1865 J. S. Kennedy Notes Battle Waterloo 192 In the great inlets on the coast..unclad vessels of large size could not act at all. 1870 Trans. Inst. Naval Architects 11 66 The great topic of discussion was no less than this—whether the fleet of the future should be iron or wood?—iron-clad or unclad? 1941 Pop. Sci. Oct. 195/2 Some authorities recommend metal-sheathed carbons, which..do not get red-hot as far back from the tip as the unclad type. 1991 Nucl. Energy June 156/1 [Non-destructive evaluations]..have had a major effect on the cladding operations—in particular the requirement to leave an unclad area..either side of the main circumferential seams. 2008 Washington Post (Nexis) 3 Feb. m8 The Mondrian-like shapes created by unclad girders and support columns, is poetic in large part. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.c1400 |
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