单词 | unfurnish |
释义 | unfurnishv. 1. a. transitive. To divest (a place, etc.) of men or other means of defence. Also const. of. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defend [verb (transitive)] > divest of defensive support unfurnish1580 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Se Desgarnir de son armée,..to vnfurnish. 1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xxxi. xlviii. 253 Renaldo had sixe hundred men and more,..Though at this need his Princes turne to furnish, He soone agreed his owne townes to vnfurnish. 1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill vii. 225 He desired first to see the issue, before he woulde bee vnfurnished of his forces. 1686 R. Parr Life J. Usher 58 He was now forced to unfurnish this, as well as others, of its Souldiers and Ammunition. 1829 W. F. Napier Hist. War Peninsula II. vi. iii. 157 English troops should, without unfurnishing Lisbon, co-operate for the relief of Oporto. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > population > make less populous [verb (transitive)] desolate1382 dispeople1490 disinhabit1530 unpeoplea1533 unpeoplea1533 depopulate1595 unfurnish1603 unpopulate1658 unstock1865 the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > leave unoccupied [verb (transitive)] > clear out > of people rimeOE unstuffa1500 usha1578 unfurnish1603 clear1851 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 292 Evrope is vnfurnished of the Turks, busied in the Caramanian war. 1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry i. viii. 50 This Pestilence..hath vtterly vnfurnished whole Countries. 2. To divest of furnishings or furniture; to dismantle. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > leave unoccupied [verb (transitive)] > clear out > clear of (something) > dismantle or divest of contents unrig1562 dismantle1579 unfurnish1598 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Sfornire.., to vnfurnish, to disaray, to deface. 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. xxiv. 66/2 All their ships are brought into the riuer, and vnfurnished of tacklings. a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) 174 When men account them the most religious to God-ward who do or would unfurnish the House of God most. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 108 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors His predecessour makes way for him,..unfurnishes the Palace, and leaves him only the Guards and the bare walls. 1707 London Gaz. No. 4377/1 His Excellency dispatch'd Orders to Rome to forbid his House being unfurnish'd. 1886 P. Fitzgerald in Art Jrnl. 324/1 Among the incidents of a flitting, or of unfurnishing a house. a. To divest or deprive of something. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > deprive (of) benimc890 to do of ——eOE bedealc1000 disturbc1230 bereavec1275 reave?a1300 acquitc1300 benemec1300 deprivec1330 privea1382 subvertc1384 oppressc1395 abridgea1400 to bate of, from1399 lessa1400 nakena1400 dischargea1425 privatec1425 to bring outa1450 abatec1450 sever?1507 spulyie?1507 denude1513 disable1529 distrain1530 destituec1540 destitutec1540 defalk1541 to turn out of ——1545 discomfit1548 wipe1549 nude1551 disannul?a1556 bereft1557 diminish1559 benoom1563 joint1573 uncase1583 rid1585 disarm1590 visitc1592 ease1600 dispatch1604 unfurnisha1616 rig1629 retrench1640 unbecomea1641 disentail1641 cashier1690 twin1722 mulct1748 fordo1764 to do out of ——1796 to cut out1815 bate1823 deprivate1832 devoid1878 a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. i. 122 Thy speeches Will bring me to consider that, which may Vnfurnish me of Reason. View more context for this quotation a1641 T. Mun England's Treasure (1664) 112 To unfurnish the poor Prince of his provision. a1643 W. Monson Naval Tracts v, in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. (1704) III. 489/1 This will..unfurnish them of all Materials to fit out Fleets. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > strip or make bare > strip of foliage or fruit > strip of leaves bladec1440 disfulȝea1525 unleave1589 unleaf1598 defoil1601 disleaf1605 unfurnish1712 defoliate1793 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 47 To raise..the Palisade itself,..would certainly unfurnish it at Foot. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1580 |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。