单词 | unstrung |
释义 | unstrungadj. 1. Having the string(s) relaxed or removed: a. Of a harp, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > [adjective] > other attributes rural1592 unstringed1597 unstrung1598 keyed1761 fingerable1818 keyless1830 omnitonic1861 solo1862 sewing machine1874 unplayed1875 original1899 electrified1938 melodic1938 analogue1976 acoustic1978 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > [adjective] > not unstrung1598 stringless1826 unchorded1859 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Scordato,..put out of tune, vnstrung. 1633 ? F. Davison Psalm cxxxvii iii Our mute harpes, untun'd, unstrung, Up wee hung On greene willowes. 1694 M. Prior For New Year: To Sun viii 'Till Nature's Musick lyes unstrung. 1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) cxxxvii. ii Our Harps..We cast aside, untun'd, unstrung. 1820 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto V (Pierpont Morgan) xxxvi, in Wks. (1837) 656 (note) As silent as an unstrung drum. 1821 P. B. Shelley Adonais xxxvi. 19 The song, Whose master's hand is cold, whose silver lyre unstrung. 1871 J. R. Macduff Memories of Patmos 333 The unstrung tuneless harp. b. Of a bow. Also = not strung. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > archer's weapons > [adjective] > attributes of bow unbent1513 torquesa1568 stringless1597 nervous1638 strung1695 unbended1726 unstrung1744 self1801 1744 W. Whitehead Atys & Adrastus 259 Behind him hung His rat'ling Quiver, and his Bow unstrung. 1797 Encycl. Brit. II. 209/2 Now the long-bow (when unstrung) may be most conveniently covered. 1831 G. P. R. James Philip Augustus I. iv His features..had expanded like an unstrung bow. 1856 E. FitzGerald Salámán (1879) 69 Salámán Call'd for an unstrung Bow—himself the cord Fitted unhelpt. 2. Weakened, relaxed; unnerved. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak > weakened swundenc1275 yfebleda1387 palledc1390 forfeebled1513 indebilitate1529 macerate1541 feebled1573 macerated1587 eclipsed1607 enfeebleda1657 tenuinea1660 reduced1689 unstrung1690 indebilitated1696 unbraced1760 wrecky1925 the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adjective] > deprived of courage excordiate1594 unnerved1603 unmanned1694 unstrung1866 1690 J. Dryden Don Sebastian v. iii. 131 These Sinews are not yet so much unstrung, To fail me. 1746 J. Hervey Medit. among Tombs 57 The Nervous Arm is unstrung; the brawny Sinews are relaxed. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 49 In the Sirocco wind at Naples,..the whole system is unstrung, and the nerves seem to lose..their tension. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre III. iii. 94 It gave new tone to my unstrung nerves. 1866 J. S. Le Fanu All in Dark v Their entertainer remained behind unstrung and melancholic. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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