单词 | unhinge |
释义 | unhingev. 1. a. transitive. To take (a door, etc.) off the hinges; to remove the hinges from; to open in this way. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > detach [verb (transitive)] > detach in other specific manner unnaila1400 to pull offa1425 nipc1450 unlink1569 unhook1611 unhinge1616 unsling1630 to pinch off1654 untack1693 unstring1697 peel1787 unbolt1793 unthong1829 unswing1835 unshackle1840 unsnap1862 unbraze1898 delink1899 1616 T. Gainsford Rich Cabinet f. 96 A house, whose chambers are full of cobwebbes; the dores vnhindged. 1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect ii. xix. 95 Our hogges having found a way to unhindge their barne doores. a1644 F. Quarles Shepheards Oracles (1646) x The arme that shall unhenge Th' incestuous gates of Sodom. 1674 R. Head Jackson's Recantation sig. A2 I..perswaded my self that the Machinations of my Brain were able to un~hinge the Poles. 1775 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1862) 2nd Ser. II. 108 That may still be done, and ye box none the worse for it, or you may unhinge it and keep it in the top. b. transferred. To unlock, unclose, open. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] undoc893 untinec950 openOE to-doOE undita1225 leesea1325 unfolda1325 unspeara1325 unclosea1350 to open upa1400 disclose?1440 opea1450 unlock?1548 uncask1594 unhinge1624 unsluice1652 reserate1657 1624 F. Quarles Iob Militant xv. 16 Would any..try a fall with Angels, and preuaile? Or with a Hymne, vnhinge the strongest Iayle? 1865 A. J. Munby Verses New & Old 185 I will not once..Unhinge my jaws to speak again. 2. a. To unsettle, unbalance, or disorder (the mind, brain, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [verb (transitive)] > make unstable or unbalanced overthrow?a1425 touch1607 unhinge1612 unship1827 1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 ii. xlvi. 303 The powerfull force of Loue Oft doth vnhindge the soule. 1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 60 Until another bad bargain happen..to unhinge his spirit again. 1715 R. South 12 Serm. IV. 306 Why should I then unhinge my Brains? 1764 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto iv Theodore..has unhinged the soul of Manfred. 1793 Friendly Addr. to Poor 13 These plays..serve only to unhinge and disorder their minds. 1867 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries (1872) xii. 215 The nerves of Mahomet were completely unhinged. 1885 Law Times 7 Feb. 270/2 Study..had un~hinged the deceased's mind. b. With personal object. Also in weaker sense: To upset. ΚΠ 1631 J. Mabbe tr. de Rojas Celestina (1894) xvii. 254 The Blockhead hath swallowed the bayte; hee hath let her unhinge him. 1678 H. More Let. 25 May 50 in J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) The Soul of Samuel might indeed have..so unhinged her, that she had been fit for nothing. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia II. iv. vi. 187 The effort..has unhinged me for a fortnight! 1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect ii. iii. 559 Some constitutions are rendered more alert and active by excitement, others are unhinged. 1888 M. E. Braddon Fatal Three I. v. 84 The very mention of sickness..had unhinged him. c. To unsettle (opinions, etc.), to render uncertain or doubtful. Also with personal object. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > doubt [verb (transitive)] > cause doubt branglea1600 forgive1600 stumble1607 uncertain1614 uncredit1615 disconceita1639 scruple1638 startle1643 stagger1646 unfix1650 inscruple1663 unhinge1719 unconvince1815 unsettle1833 to keep (a person) guessing1896 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 7 But in the Middle of all this Felicity, one Blow from unforeseen Providence unhing'd me at once; and..drove me [etc.]. 1771 J. Priestley in Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) 60 197 The following experiments..quite unhinged me again, and left me as much at a loss as ever. 1782 J. Priestley Disquis. Matter & Spirit (ed. 2) I. p. xxviii When persons' minds are unhinged with respect to their opinions. 1831 R. Blakey Ess. Good & Evil 28 Calculated..to unhinge our opinions on matters highly important to, our interests. 1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith vi. §4. 352 Does any such fact unhinge our moral convictions? 3. a. To deprive of stability or fixity; to throw into confusion or disorder. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [verb (transitive)] perturbc1385 disarraya1387 disordain1398 disjointc1420 disorder1477 mistemperc1485 commovec1500 deraign?a1513 distempera1513 misordera1513 bring1523 turmoil1542 unframe1574 disrank1602 discompose1611 luxate1623 disframec1629 disjoin1630 disconcert1632 untune1638 un-nacka1657 dislocatea1661 unhinge1664 deconcert1715 disarrange1744 derange1777 unadjust1785 mess1823 discombobulate1825 tevel1825 malagruze1864 to muck up1875 untrim1884 unbalance1892 1664 Lyttelton in E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. (Camden) 37 Which wee doubt will unhinge all that trade we thought soe well settled. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 149 Our bounded wills not being of strength enough to unhinge Gods unbounded power. 1709 T. Robinson Vindic. Mosaick Syst. Introd. 5 in Ess. Nat. Hist. Westmorland & Cumberland To entertain such..Ideas of God..would certainly unhinge the Foundation of all Religion. 1760 Ann. Reg., Hist. War 15/2 Any motion of his threatened to shake and unhinge the whole scheme of his defence. 1796 M. Robinson Angelina I. 2 The extravagance of sordid connections..have so unhinged my finances. 1886 Daily News 10 Dec. 2/4 The supplies are coming in very irregularly and unhinge the trade. b. esp. To unsettle (some established order of things). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > throw into commotion or disorder [verb (transitive)] stirc950 disturbc1290 troublec1330 turmoil1530 to set cock on the hoopa1549 garboil1572 blend1594 irrequiate1598 storm1609 uproara1616 embroil1619 dissettle1631 unsettle1651 hurly-burly1678 unhinge1679 disrest1726 commote1852 1679 in tr. Trag. Hist. Jetzer Pref. sig. A jv That Principle which obliges them to unhinge, and overturn all Government. 1688 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 468 Restoring things to their old legall foundation, which hath been the work of some years past to unhinge. 1718 Free-thinker No. 42. 2 The Luxury of a Nation does likewise unhinge the Publick Peace and Tranquillity. 1788 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 372 The old system is unhinged, and no new one hung in its place. 1812 Examiner 16 Aug. 520/1 Wages that unhinged all that order in society. 4. To detach, separate, or dislodge from something. †Also const. of. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > detach [verb (transitive)] undoc1275 unwork1548 ungluea1617 unhinge1655 disattach1658 disengage1662 untacka1677 unglutinate1683 detach1686 unshackle1694 unship1793 unhitch1876 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. xi. 145 These unhinge the day off from any Divine Right. 1680 C. Ness Compl. Church-hist. 463 Thus God by this providence unhing'd him of his Romish religion. 1712 R. Blackmore Creation i. 17 And Hills unhing'd from their deep Roots depart. 1764 ‘G. Psalmanazar’ Memoirs 14 Some other avocations..unhinged me from my method oftener than I wished. 1788 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) VI. 447 Whenever the mind is unhinged from God. 1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner ii. 23 Minds that have been unhinged from their old faith and love. Derivatives unˈhinging n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [noun] > disordering ruffling1440 disordering1523 unhinging1661 upturning1846 unbalancing1889 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun] > separation or cutting off from something separationc1450 abscission1625 unhinging1661 1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 181 The unhindging of the whole frame of Government. 1678 Young Man's Calling 72 The unhinging of the whole man from things of nobler worth toward God. 1850 H. Martineau Introd. Hist. Peace II. v. vi. 313 The unhinging of society. 1886 Athenæum 4 Dec. 742/1 The outcome of an entire unhinging of his system caused by physical fear. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.1612 |
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