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单词 unleaded
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unleadedadj.n.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈlɛdᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənˈlɛdəd/
Forms: see un- prefix1 and leaded adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, leaded adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + leaded adj. Compare earlier unlead v.In sense A. 2 after lead n.1 8; compare later leaded adj. c.
A. adj.
1.
a. Not covered, coated, or weighted with lead; not containing lead.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [adjective] > not covered by or as by other specific covering
unwoolled1538
unhoused1564
unleaded1586
uncanopied1613
unplanked1648
unarched1658
unpavilioned1775
unpapered1778
undraperied1802
unnetted1832
undamasked1838
matless1839
unpuddled1842
desquamated1845–6
sodlessa1847
unbaized1853
blanketless1863
unhooded1868
the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [adjective] > weighted > with lead, etc. > not
unleaded1909
1586 Edinb. Test. XVI. 366 in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at (Unledit,) Unleidit, Aucht lane cannis leidit at iij s. the pece..[36] small lame cannis vnleidit at xl s. the dossoun.
1611 in Essex Rev. (1906) 15 47 The church is unleaded and unshingled.
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Ongeloot, vnleaded, or Vnplumbt.
1664 P. D. C. tr. N. Le Fèvre Compend. Body Chymistry II. ii. viii. 131 Calcine the After-burthen in an Earthen unleaded Pot.
1887 ‘J. Bickerdyke’ Angling in Salt Water v. 73 The tackle consists of a long, stout, unleaded line.
1909 Westm. Gaz. 28 Aug. 2/2 The motion of the death-curtain, hanging free and unleaded from its headrope, would be inconceivably graceful.
1996 Irish Times (Nexis) 19 Jan. 13 Truth is irrepressible. It is like water on an unleaded roof.
2003 Independent 5 Sept. 16/5 The army had been testing unleaded bullets for target ranges.
b. Of petrol or other fuel: without added lead.The addition of tetraethyl lead to petrol as an anti-knocking agent was formerly widespread. However concerns about its detrimental effects on health and the environment led to the adoption of unleaded alternatives.
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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > chemical fuel > [adjective] > properties or characteristics
premium1856
three-star1879
naphthous1885
paraffiny1902
propellant1919
pro-knock1927
high-octane1931
hi-octane1934
unleaded1934
monopropellant1949
nonleaded1955
super unleaded1978
1934 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 173 46/2 It is almost impossible in many localities to buy an unleaded fuel for stove or lamp use.
1958 New Scientist 6 Feb. 19 When the catalyst is used with ‘white’ or unleaded fuel (as on motorised trucks for indoor use in factories) this difficulty does not arise.
1995 Which? Sept. 38/2 Since the introduction of unleaded petrol in 1986, sales of unleaded fuel..have grown steadily year by year.
2016 Sun (Nexis) 12 Oct. 39 The average pump price of unleaded petrol is now 112.35p per litre.
2. Printing. Of type: not spaced with, or (in later use) as if with, leads between the lines. Cf. lead n.1 8.
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society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [adjective] > having lines separated by leads > not
solid1808
unleaded1811
1811 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1959) III. 328 The affair..might have been, as it was in several papers, compressed into a third of a Column—which took two & more unleaded ones.
1846 Western Lit. Messenger 12 Sept. 91/1 This work..contains one hundred and sixty six pages of unleaded composition.
1861 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 452/2 The owner of such an establishment is subject to no extraneous caprices about breadth of margins, size of type, quarto or folio, leaded or unleaded lines; he dictates his own terms.
1902 Westm. Gaz. 23 May 7/1 Tucked away in an unleaded telegram..is an item which may possess some significance.
1965 Indiana Mag. Hist. 61 156 This line-for-line reproduction is printed in a combination of ten point Century and eight point Intertype Baskerville, both unleaded.
2012 J. Rezek in L. L. Cohen & J. A. Stein Early Afr. Amer. Print Culture 345 Subsequent London editions of a text would often use smaller, unleaded type and thus have fewer pages.
B. n.
Petrol without added lead.
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1976 Ebony Apr. 17/3 (advt.) Its higher octane rating (..of about 92 for the average unleaded) can reduce knock and run-on in many cars.
1990 Independent on Sunday 28 Jan. 7 (advt.) Since 1977, Audi cars able to run on unleaded have been widely available.
2014 Yorks. Post 7 Nov. 5/3 Motorists will be delighted to see the price of unleaded dropping below £1.20.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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