单词 | unputrefied |
释义 | unputrefiedadj. Not putrefied. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > state of being undecayed > [adjective] > not rotten or putrefied unrottenc1410 unrotted?1440 unputrefied1542 unputrid1634 1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth iii. sig. L Beware of emptynge of pysse pottes and pyssyng in chymnes, so that all euyll and contagyous ayres may be expelled, and clene ayre kept vnputryfyed. 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 353 It was kept many yeres..vnputrified. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §341 So wee see that Meat and Drinke will last longer, Vnputrified, or Unsowred, in Winter, than in Summer. 1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. ii. i. 25 An embrio..preserved unputrified for several years. 1735 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Nature Aliments (ed. 3) 180 No Animal unputrify'd being burnt, yields any alkaline Salt. 1799 R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. 60 The rhinoceros was found intire and unputrified. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iii. x. 255 All human things do require..to have some Soul in them,..were it only to keep the Body unputrefied. 1915 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 12 June 2027/1 The albumin-splitting ferments are probably mobilized at once after intravenous introduction of unputrefied albumin from the individual. 2008 Observer (Nexis) 14 Sept. (Home pages) 20 Hirst's surest way of denying death is to create a catacomb of good-looking, unputrefied corpses, like his stuffed zebra or fluffy unicorn. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1542 |
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