单词 | unfed |
释义 | unfedadj. 1. Not supplied or nourished with food. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [adjective] > having no food > not fed unsuppedc1384 unfeda1400 unvictualled1484 undined?a1513 unbreakfasted1647 undieted1649 unprovisioned1747 undinnered1799 luncheonless1883 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 19650 Thre dais liued he þar vnfedd. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12925 Iesus..fasted fourti dais vn-fedd. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ix. vi. 71 The empty lioun, lang onfed,..Trubland the fald full of sylly schep. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. May 44 Shepeheards..That playen, while their flockes be vn~fedde. a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 130 Carre-swannes that are unfedde are usually att ijs. vjd. a peece. 1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 84 Some sons of mine..Have sharply tax'd your converts, who unfed Have follow'd you for miracles of bread. 1737 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 570/1 I wonder'd, why his oxen stray'd, His sheep and heifers pine'd unfed. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xlvii. 442 Now the half-tutored, unfed Esquimaux dog would eat a goat, bones, skin, and, for aught I know, horns. 1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise ii. 565 Upon his perch the falcon sat Unfed. 2. figurative. Not supplied with necessary material, support, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > provided or supplied with something > not supplied unfeda1640 a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Lovers Progres iv. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Lll3v/1 She that is forfeited to lust must dye, That humour being un-fed. 1665 R. Howard & J. Dryden Indian-queen iv, in R. Howard Four New Plays 165 I shou'd..like an unfed stream run on and dye. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 541 A lovely Flow'r, New cropt by Virgin Hands,..Unfaded yet, but yet unfed below. 1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III xliv. 25 Even as a flame unfed, which runs to waste With its own flickering. 1883 Jrnl. Educ. (Univ. of Boston School of Educ.) 18 148 A church unfed from the public table. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.a1400 |
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