单词 | unrarefied |
释义 | unrarefiedadj. 1. Not rarefied; (of air) at its normal density.In quot. 1872: (of sea water) not warmed, and so not expanded. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > lack of density > [adjective] > rarefied > not unrarefied1660 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xviii. 134 If that whole space had been full of unrarified Air. 1786 T. Urquhart Inst. Hydrostatics 222 If, instead of common unrarified air, the balloon is filled with igneous, or what has been commonly called inflammable air.., it will then ascend. 1872 True Latter Day Saints' Herald 15 Sept. 547/1 While they have this upward tendency, the earth and unrarified waters are being whirled to the east at the rate of one thousand miles an hour. 1905 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1904 35 712 (caption) Nearly transparent unrarified gas, visible only when little or no moisture is present. 2007 S. Benson et al. Peru (Lonely Planet) (ed. 6) 469/2 If you're arriving from the heights of the Andes it is a relief to be able to breathe in unrarified air. 2. figurative. Not refined or elevated. Cf. rarefied adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [adjective] > specifically of persons boistousc1300 rudec1405 blunt1477 rustyc1485 rough?1531 sillya1547 ruggedc1565 unrefined1582 unpolished1594 unfashioned1606 inurbane1623 incult1628 ungenteel1633 roughsome?c1660 unpolite1674 inelegant1735 untutored1751 unrarefied1835 1835 Monthly Repos. 9 329 A frame, conveyance, and baggage of tropes and figures they may ostensibly present to the ordinary, unrarefied and prejudicate mind. 1897 Academy 2 Jan. 6/1 He sings of a life robust and unrarefied, the life of the pioneers of civilisation. 1935 R. P. Warren 36 Poems 42 What wars and lecheries! and the old zeal Yet unfulfilled, unrarified, unlaced. 2013 M. Dennison Twelve Caesars x. 290 He was quick to jest, apparently without self-importance, his humour unrarefied, blokeish and winning. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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