单词 | unscorched |
释义 | unscorchedadj. (un- prefix1 2.) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > [adjective] > subjected to heat or fire > not unscorched1596 unsinged1599 unscalded1615 unburnt1626 unfired1791 unbranded1890 1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xi. lxviii. 287 Though thou could'st buzze about the flame, & keepe vnskorcht thy wings. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. iii. 18 His Hand, Not sensible of fire, remain'd vnscorch'd. View more context for this quotation 1651 T. Stanley Love Deposed in Poems iv We..unscorch'd may Like atoms play, And wanton in the sunshine of your eyes. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. iii. 69 The moss and wild flowers were unscorched. 1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico I. ii. iv. 247 From all these fiery trials..he came out unscorched. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. II. ix. 345 If he threw them [sc. toads] into the fire, they hopped back to him unscorched. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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