单词 | unnavigated |
释义 | unnavigatedadj. Of a body of water: not navigated. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > that which is unknown > [adjective] > of places, paths: unexplored > of seas unnavigated1651 chartless1807 1651 E. Prestwich tr. Seneca Hippolitus ii. ii. 19 Coverd' with rubbish, the uncultur'd land Would lye, the sea unnavigated stand [L. vacuum..stabit mare]. 1702 tr. P. de la Court True Interest Republick Holland & W.-Friesland ii. i. 203 It appeared that the sea became more and more unnavigated. 1777 J. Cook Voy. S. Pole I. Introd. p. xxvi To traverse a far greater space of sea, till then unnavigated. 1823 W. R. Wilson Trav. Egypt & Holy Land xvii. 258 I derived something like an emotion of pleasure from the sight of a hawk, which passed over the low unnavigated waters. 1872 R. F. Burton Zanzibar II. x. 318 The lake was, unlike the Tanganyika, unnavigated. 1928 Minnesota Hist. 9 361 It would have been foolhardy to attempt to travel at night on a river hitherto unnavigated by steamboats. 2011 Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 4 May b1 River Salvage cleverly dealt with a major obstacle of navigating to the dam on the usually unnavigated back channel. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1651 |
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