单词 | unstriking |
释义 | unstrikingn. (un- prefix2 1a, 2.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > [noun] > taking apart unknittingc1384 unstriking1567 jointing1591 disassembly1894 disassemblage1899 strip-down1950 1567 S.P. Dom. Eliz. XLIV. 17 (P.R.O.) The vnstrikinge shavinge Blackinge newe nailinge bucklinge and letheringe of..decaied Corselettes..sore cankared and Rustie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019). unstrikingadj. (un- prefix1 4.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > trite or banal quotidian1430 trite1548 protrite1604 obvious1617 unbravea1681 prosaical1699 tritical1709 prosaic1729 hack1759 unstrikinga1774 commonplace1801 prosy1837 banal1840 mundane1850 unsensational1854 bromidic1906 corn-fed1929 corn-ball1970 a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. i. 91 The mental eye..will see it obscure, unstriking, and no better than common objects. 1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad II. 223 A monotonous variety of unstriking dishes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1567adj.a1774 |
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