单词 | unpulled |
释义 | unpulledadj. Not pulled (in various senses of the verb). Also with up, down.In quot. c1450: (of an onion) unpeeled. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > [adjective] > uprooting > rooted up or out > not unpulled?1440 uneradicated1861 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > [adjective] locomotive1800 automotive1830 automobile1876 auto-1895 horseless1895 unpulled1895 self-driving1905 motorized1922 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) xii. l. 230 (MED) Ek plauntis fair excuse To stonde vnpuld, that they be not to seke. c1450 in T. Austin Two 15th-cent. Cookery-bks. (1888) 99 Cast x. or xij. oynons hole vnpullud, and lete hem seth togidre. c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. A4 The lillyis, and the violet, Unpullit, sone ar with the wind ouirset. 1551 T. Cranmer Answer S. Gardiner To Rdr. sig. Aiijv What auaileth it..so long as .ii. chief rootes remayne vnpulled vp? 1608 H. Clapham Errour Left Hand 72 Some doubts, which yet (as stumps) remaine behind vnpulled vp. 1641 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. F. Biondi Hist. Civil Warres Eng. I. ii. 95 If some few [houses] remained un-pulled down. 1694 J. Dryden Love Triumphant iii. i. 34 'Tis indeed a Fruit; Seen and desir'd of all, while yet unpull'd. 1765 Museum Rusticum 5 120 Ground as much over-run with seagrims as any part else of the pasture which had been unpulled! 1792 J. Whitaker in R. Polwhele Poems Gentlemen Devonshire & Cornwall I. 174 Your chamber-bell, Unpull'd, untouch'd, rang out a gentle knell. 1857 Punch 23 May 209/1 Be composed, ladies. Do not rush to each other's polls. Let your pretty caps remain unpulled for me. I am married. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 15 June 3/2 The greatest of devils must be in that carriage [sc. a cable tram], making it crawl along unpulled, unpushed. 1919 Times 25 Mar. 14/3 They will leave no wire unpulled, no stone unturned, to prove Germany's débàcle and inability to pay, to save their ill-gotten gains. 1948 Good Housek. Cookery Bk. iii. 637 Attractive effects are achieved by combining pulled and unpulled toffee before cutting it into cushions. 2003 Sunday Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 30 Nov. 24 This is, it should be said from the outset, a rough play. All its punches, and there are many, are unpulled. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.?1440 |
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