单词 | unhouse |
释义 | unhousev. a. transitive. To turn out of a house, habitation, or abode; to make houseless or homeless. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel > specific people from a place, position, or possession > from a house or dwelling unhousec1390 harryc1550 desolate1593 dishousec1595 uncastle1611 untenant1614 uncamp1670 dishome1882 rout1950 c1390 (?c1350) Joseph of Arimathie (1871) l. 455 Þei come bi tholomers tentes vn-housed hem sone, Token holliche his stor. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 442 So one People doth pursue another; And scarce the second hath a first vn-housed, Before a third him thence againe haue rowsed. 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island vii. i. 85 Thirsil up starting from his fearlesse bed,..Unhous'd his bleating flock. 1643 J. Angier Lancashires Valley of Achor 8 If they peeped out of the houses, they were unhoused. 1759 S. Fielding Hist. Countess of Dellwyn II. 147 He was at once unwived, unhoused, and undone. 1795 H. Macneill Scotland's Skaith iii. vi What a change, un~housed and beggared, Starving. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 72 Unhous'd from beds of ling The fluskering pheasant took to wing. 1885 Manch. Examiner 13 July 5/5 Only 150 persons will be for the present unhoused. b. figurative or in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > release or free from a covering (the soul, etc.) unclothec1384 unhouse1594 unhood1648 1594 S. Daniel Trag. Cleopatra (Bang) 1323 I must myselfe force open wide a dore To let out life, and to vnhouse my spirit. 1673 J. Milton On Death Fair Infant iii, in Poems (new ed.) 18 He..all unwares with his cold-kind embrace Unhous'd thy Virgin Soul from her fair biding place. 1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 122 He that hath God for his house..can never be unhoused. 1727 D. Defoe Ess. Hist. Apparitions v. 44 Souls which have been encas'd in Flesh, but being unhous'd are now moving about. 1814 Sulieman ii. iii, in J. Galt New Brit. Theatre II. 26 But for wine..This shatter'd shell of body had unhous'd Long since my soul. Derivatives In modern use also attributive, as unhousing scheme. unˈhousing n. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > expulsion or driving out > specific people from a place, position, or possession > from a house unharbouring1591 unhousing1809 1809 R. Langford Introd. Trade 72 Unhousing, Wharfage and Shipping, £2 2s. 1d. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Sept. 6/1 This scheme..will take five years to complete, so that the unhousing will be gradual. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.c1390 |
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