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单词 unhook
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unhookv.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈhʊk/, U.S. /ˌənˈhʊk/
Etymology: un- prefix2 1b(b).
1. transitive. To detach from a hook; to disengage or unfasten in this way. Also reflexive. See also hook v. 5b.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)]
freeeOE
letc1000
alithOE
areim-ena1250
alaskic1300
fritha1325
loose1340
unfetterc1374
to let goc1384
releasec1384
freitha1400
to let farea1400
assoil1401
remit1467
affranchise1477
resplaitc1531
discussa1542
freedom1548
to set (go, walk, etc.) free1609
re-enfranchise1611
unhook1611
unloose1614
liberate1623
disenfranchise1626
assert1638
relinquish1671
uncork1749
unfankle1824
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
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Desaccrocher, to vnhooke.
a1680 J. Bargrave Pope Alexander VII (1867) ii. 136 To break a fall, they will hang by the horns, and, when they have taken breath, they unhook themselves and take another leap.
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 132 If the wind should blow against the back sides of the said sails..the said bars or rods will be unhooked and set at liberty.
1856 C. J. Lever Martins of Cro' Martin xv. 147 In an instant she had unhooked the heavy chain.
1878 T. Hardy Return of Native III. v. viii. 226 Venn unhooked the lantern and leaped down.
1892 Labour Commission Gloss. Unhookers, old men or boys who stand on the plank connecting a ship with the dock and unhook the coal when it is in a stable position on the back of the men who carry it.
figurative.1640 C. Harvey Church-gate in Synagogue iii Unhook'd from him, we quickly turn aside.1669 I. Barrow Let. in S. P. Rigaud & S. J. Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men 17th Cent. (1841) (modernized text) II. 70 My mind being indeed unhooked from these things.1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 324 Striving to unhook himself hence, p. 152 of his Second Book, swallows it deeper.1966 Guardian 17 June 22/8 Girls who have been in trouble over drugs have been helped to stay ‘unhooked’.1977 B. Garfield Recoil xxxiii. 328 We..made a junkie out of her... I'll just get her unhooked.
2. To take out the hooks of (a dress). Also with personal object.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > strip or undress a person > unfasten
unlacea1375
unbutton1598
unpin1609
disenwrap1611
undo1633
untruss1637
unhook1840
unzip1939
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > take off clothing > unfasten garments or fastenings
unbuttonc1325
unlacec1330
untruss1577
unlatch1590
unpin1599
unhook1840
unzip1927
1840 H. Cockton Life Valentine Vox xiii The ladies [began] to unhook their dresses behind, in order to enjoy another small glass of gin.
1898 Longman's Mag. Aug. 366 She..remarked that..I must have my frock unhooked and be tried on. I submitted silently to be unhooked.
3. To disengage from a curved position.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separate [verb (transitive)] > disconnect from a curved position
unhook1864
1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. ii. i. 166 As she said it, she unhooked her arm.

Derivatives

unˈhooker n.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > coal-miner > who works with trams, tubs, etc.
coal putter1708
foal1770
onsetter1789
putter1812
headsman1813
trapper1815
thruster1825
trammer1839
train boy1852
tram1856
hanger-on1858
tipper1861
hooker-on?1881
jiggerer?1881
hitcher1890
tub-loader1891
haulier1892
tilter1892
unhooker1892
flatter1894
jagger1900
thrutcher1901
tram-boy1904
filler1921
1892 Labour Commission Gloss. Unhookers, old men or boys who stand on the plank connecting a ship with the dock and unhook the coal when it is in a stable position on the back of the men who carry it.
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