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单词 unshut
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unshutadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈʃʌt/, U.S. /ˌənˈʃət/
Etymology: < unshut v. or un- prefix1 2b.
1. Opened, unclosed; not closed or shut.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [adjective]
openeOE
opec1275
unshutc1384
uncloseda1398
unstoken1421
unclosec1540
c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame iii. 1953 And be day..Been al the dores opened wide And be nyght echon vnshet.
1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 23403 The gate..Of the castel stood vnshet.
a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) ii. f. cclix/2 An hous the whiche byfore outwarde is moche ornate..but behynde all vnshytte &..ruynous.
?1606 S. Rowlands Terrible Battell (Hunterian Club) 36 From eare to eare thou hast a mouth vnshut.
1691 E. Taylor J. Behmen's Theosophick Philos. 331 Whereby we ascend into his Arms, the unshut Light-World.
1849 M. Arnold Forsaken Merman 44 Where great whales come sailing by, Sail and sail, with unshut eye.
a1851 D. M. Moir Tombless Man iii, in Poet. Wks. (1852) And, in the midst,..An unshut gateway.
2. Not shut up.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > [adjective] > free from confinement
freeOE
deliverc1300
loose1303
unironedc1450
unbandoned1487
slack1565
unshut1610
unpinioned1621
unthronged1648
untrapped1648
unconfined1649
footloose1702
unensnareda1711
uncaged1731
unlockeda1740
unfettered1748
uncramped1797
unshackled1816
unleashed1825
foot-free1837
unhandcuffed1861
1610 Bp. J. Hall Common Apol. against Brownists lv. 134 The plague..of sinne vnshut vp and vncouered.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

unshutv.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈʃʌt/, U.S. /ˌənˈʃət/
Etymology: un- prefix2 1a, 1 Compare Old English unscyttan.
1.
a. transitive. To open or unlock (a door, etc.); †to undo (a lock). Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > a door, gate, etc.
to do upOE
to-thrustc1175
to weve upc1275
unshutc1315
to set upa1387
unyarka1400
to let up1400
yark upc1400
reclude?1440
dupa1549
dub1699
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > a door, gate, etc. > unlock, unbolt, etc.
undoc950
unloukOE
unsparc1175
unsteekc1250
unpinc1300
unshutc1315
loosec1400
unbarc1400
unlockc1400
open?a1425
unbolt1598
unlatchc1625
unpadlock1769
unsneck1785
undub1807
unslot1827
unsnib1905
snick1927
c1315 Shoreham i. 2228 Nou, lord, þat coudest maky open Þet no man coude ounschette.
1370–80 Visions of St. Paul 198 in Old Eng. Misc. 228 He opened þe Mouþ of þat put, Hit stonk foule wȝon hit was vn-schut.
a1400 Coer de L. 4212 On schal dwelle the clos withinne, The gate to unschette and unpynne, And stylly to unschette the lok.
c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 679 My purs I wole vnschete.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xi. iii. 574 Anone as he had vnshet the wyndowe.
c1475 Mankind 52 in Macro Plays 3 On-schett yowur lokke, & take an halpenye.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 768/2 I unshote, I open, je defferme.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 768/2 Unshote the doore. [Cf. 285/2 Unshittyng, deffermure.]
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Deffermer, to open; to vnshut, or vndoe a thing shut.
1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country iv. 274 Compare such paragon With any scarabæus of the brood That..keeps wing in wing-case..the couple yonder..never bade unshut from sheath the gauze.
absolute.c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems 52 Off Abyssi this Aungel bar the keyes, Callid Clauis Dauid to shettyn and vnshette.figurative.c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 1573 Thre causes ben, whiche I þe wole vnschette And open a-non, whi þou schalt with hire dele.1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid xii. Prol. 121 Gymp gerraflouris thar royn levys vnschet.1589 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Georgiks ii. 24 in A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucoliks I enter..on things of old and ancient praise,..being bold t'vnshut or open holie springs.
b. intransitive. To become open.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > become open [verb (intransitive)]
openOE
undo1122
unlouk1340
unfoldc1350
unshut1390
unclosea1398
opena1400
waltc1400
unstopc1440
twirl?1523
disclosec1586
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 102 Ther is no dore, which mai charke, Wherof an yhe scholde unschette.
a1400 Stockholm Med. MS. ii. 390 in Anglia XVIII. 317 Ley hem on neuer so strong a lok, It schal onschetyn & onstrok.
a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V cxxix, in Poems (1878) IV. 133 Wee..need not feare an Asse's Load Of Solar Earth, can force the Gates vnshutt.
2. dialect. To unharness (a horse).
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [verb (transitive)] > tack or harness > unharness
untackle1574
ungear1598
unharness1611
unclose?1614
unrig1690
outspan1815
unshut1817
untack1962
1817 in Burne Folk-Lore (1883) 611 His team's unshut, his whip's laid up.
1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua Gloss. Unshut, to unlink, or ungear horses.
1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. 310.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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