单词 | undipped |
释义 | undippedadj. 1. Not dipped (in a liquid). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] > not made wet > not soaked, drenched, etc. unwatered1513 unsoaked1570 undrowned1580 unsteeped1626 undrenched1627 undipped1648 undeluged1791 unsodden1819 emersed1870 unimmersed1885 1648 G. Daniel Eclog. ii. 160 A Qvill soe low, soe yet vndipt, to cope with these well-mention'd worthyes. 1692 J. Dryden Cleomenes iv. i. 46 Like Achilles, Thou hadst a soft Ægyptian Heel undipt, And that has made thee Mortal. 1868 ‘G. Eliot’ Spanish Gypsy i. 18 A fountain near..Where timorous birds alight..And fly away again with undipped beak. 1886 Daily News 13 Oct. 3/4 They will during the dipping season guard the undipped sheep. 2. spec. Unbaptized. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > baptism > [adjective] > not baptized unfulghtenedc1175 fulloghtlessa1225 unblessedc1310 unbaptized14.. unhovenc1480 undipped1693 unchristened1725 unchrisom1831 unimmersed1835 society > faith > worship > sacrament > baptism > kinds of baptism > by immersion > [adjective] > not undipped1693 unimmersed1835 1693 (title) Semper idem:..Dedicated to undipt John [sc. Tillotson]. 1819 C. Lamb in Examiner 14 Feb. 108/2 The consigner of undipt infants to eternal torments. 1880 J. Ruskin Our Fathers have told Us i. i. 28 That undipped people may be as good as dipped if their hearts are clean. 3. Of (the beams of) a headlight of a vehicle: not lowered. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [adjective] > type of headlamps > dipped or undipped dipped1937 undipped1960 1960 Guardian 12 Sept. 2/3 One glaring, undipped..headlight. 1969 ‘A. Hall’ Striker Portfolio ix. 112 My undipped heads catching the Mercedes full across the screen. 1983 Times 23 Dec. 3/6 Once the ignition is switched on the choice will be between dim-dip (dipped headlights with reduced light), full dip and undipped. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < |
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