单词 | unsifted |
释义 | unsiftedadj. 1. Not passed through a sieve; unstrained. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [adjective] > not purified > not purified in specific way unscummedc1440 unsifted1584 unleached1792 unstrained1828 unfiltered1896 1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health iv. 25 When the meale wholly vnsifted..is made into breade. 1628 T. May tr. Virgil Georgicks i. 5 The ground one yeare at rest; forget not than..to hearten it againe..with unsifted ashes. 1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 108 Swallowing..The total grist unsifted, husks and all. 1870 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1871) 138 Pure unsifted solar light is white. 2. Unexamined, unscrutinized. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > [adjective] > scrutinized > not unsifted1620 unscrutinized1728 uncanvassed1884 1620 F. Quarles Feast for Wormes in Divine Poems ix. ix No crime unsifted, no sinne unpresented, Can lurke unseene. 1827 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) IV. 38 There must be abundant matter of unsifted information in our public collections. 1858 W. E. Gladstone Stud. Homer I. 219 A poet who, as to facts, was at the mercy of unsifted information. 1882 E. B. Pusey Parochial & Cathedral Serm. i. 3 The unsifted, unexamined conscience of a sinner. 3. Untried, inexperienced. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > inexperienced youngOE unfraisted?a1400 rudec1489 raw1534 unfleshed1542 untraded1542 fresh water?1548 unpractised1551 unexperienced1569 unacquainted1581 prenticea1586 fresh-watered1590 unsifted1604 unseen1606 unexperient1609 inexperienced1626 low water1643 inexperient1670 unproficient1794 nyoung1852 punk1907 raggedy-ass1930 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. iii. 102 You speake like a greene girle Vnsifted in such perrilous circumstance. View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1584 |
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