单词 | unzip |
释义 | unzipv. 1. a. transitive. To unfasten (a bag, item of clothing, etc.) by means of a zip; to unfasten (a zip). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > take off clothing > unfasten garments or fastenings unbuttonc1325 unlacec1330 untruss1577 unlatch1590 unpin1599 unhook1840 unzip1927 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > loosen, unfasten, or untie [verb (transitive)] > undo specific fastening unbucklec1386 unnail1485 unclasp1530 unsolder1538 disbuckle1562 unpin1587 unrivet1591 unlink1595 unloop1599 unpeg1604 unhasp1610 uncord1611 unhoop1611 unwedge1611 unsplint1615 refibulate1623 replumb1623 unlatchc1625 unscrew1651 unclamp1655 unrope1673 unstring1681 unlash1796 unkey1802 unspring1802 unwire1823 unstrap1828 unscotch1839 unclap1846 unspike1846 uncramp1851 unspear1859 untoggle1859 unsnap1862 undraw1872 disbutton1887 uncinch1891 disimpale1904 unzip1927 zip1927 unzipper1936 1927 Brandon (Manitoba) Daily Sun 8 Feb. 4/3 What do these women do with the time they save in zipping and unzipping their galoshes? 1971 F. Norman Dodgem-greaser iii. 45 I unzipped my fly and exposed my pecker to the night air. 1979 R. Jaffe Class Reunion i. xi. 105 She reached for the zipper of her skirt and unzipped it. 2015 T. I. Stone Every Last Word 201 I drop my swim bag on a chair near the edge and unzip the side pocket that holds my cap and goggles. b. intransitive. To open or be unfastened by means of a zip, esp. in a specified way. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > be loosened, unfastened, or undone [verb (intransitive)] > become unfastened in other specific way unlocka1470 unpin1716 unscrew1822 unzip1936 1936 Bowie (Texas) News 14 Aug. 3/1 The fastener in question was on the trousers of a male employe... It unzipped all right, but when the time came to rezip it, nothing doing. 1938 Sat. Spectator (Terre Haute, Indiana) 24 Sept. They've now got that slide-fastener perfected so it unzips entirely at the bottom so you don't have to put it on over your head. 1971 Daily Tel. 11 Oct. 11 (advt.) A double bed that simply unzips into two singles when preferred. 2008 R. Beard Becoming Drusilla (2009) vii. 147 She hears the tent unzip. c. transitive. To unfasten the clothes of (a person) by means of a zip; (with from, out of) to remove (a person or thing) from a bag, item of clothing, etc., by unzipping it. Also reflexive. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > strip or undress a person > unfasten unlacea1375 unbutton1598 unpin1609 disenwrap1611 undo1633 untruss1637 unhook1840 unzip1939 1939 L. MacNeice Autumn Jrnl. iii. 18 I shall..make the world my sofa, Unzip the women and insult the meek. 1976 ‘D. Fletcher’ Don't whistle ‘Macbeth’ 156 Unzip me, please? 1992 Matrix Summer 28/1 Franz unzips himself from the sleeping bag and decides he'll walk along the beach. 2001 B. Broady In this Block there lives Slag 216 Chris immediately unzipped me and started to suck my cock. 2009 E. Kennedy Feminista xliii. 262 Two guys appeared at his sides and helped to unzip him out of the costume. d. intransitive. To unfasten a zip on a garment; spec. to unfasten the zip on the fly of a pair of trousers or shorts. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (intransitive)] > unfasten untruss1592 unpin1609 unbuttona1616 unzip1942 1942 Washington Post 10 Sept. c3/7 Some of you have asked whether it helps to take a few bending exercises in street clothes. Of course it helps. Loosen your belt and unzip and go ahead. 1974 J. Broad Killdeer ii. 50 He..announced to everybody in the restaurant, ‘I've got to take a leak!’ And before I could stop him, he unzipped and started to piss in my soup. 2007 Metro (Toronto) 22 Mar. 33/2 Chick in the front flashed her boobs. Iggy unzipped, waving his wang around like a club. 2. transitive. figurative and in extended use. To reveal the contents or inner workings of (something); to cause to open up. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)] > secrets discovera1375 labc1400 bewray1578 blab1582 discabinet1605 eviscerate1607 eliminate1608 to give upa1640 vent1678 betray1734 confide1735 leak1859 to shell out1862 clatfart1913 spill1917 unzip1939 society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)] > thoughts or feelings unbuttonc1325 unbreast1559 unbosom1598 unbowel1649 eccentricate1708 to nail one's colours (also flag) to the mast (also masthead)1808 disbosom1868 unzip1939 uncap1980 1939 El Paso (Texas) Herald-Post 20 Oct. 4/7 We will unzip the No. 2 amendment and see what is in it. 1940 Daily Mail 29 Mar. 11 You were encouraged to unzip your whole soul and lay bare the secrets of your bosom. 1959 Encounter Aug. 75/2 When his lips are sealed, not even a loving wife can unzip them. 1993 D. Smith Blue Willow 93 The detective continued, ‘Then you took a knife and unzipped him from breastbone to testicles.’ 2011 Independent 25 Mar. (Arts & Bks. Review section) 5 A tormented playwright who unzipped his heart. 3. transitive. Chemistry and Molecular Biology. To unbind or separate the components of (a polymeric molecule), esp. starting at one end of a chain; esp. to separate the two strands of (a DNA molecule). Also intransitive: (of a polymer or its component strands) to become disassembled or separated in this way. Frequently opposed to zip v.1 2e. ΚΠ 1953 J. R. McCartney in Polymer Degradation Mechanisms: Proc. Semicentennial Symp. 1951 (U.S. National Bureau of Standards Circular 525) viii. 129 Depolymerization by ‘unzipping’ the chain does not occur to any measurable extent. 1979 D. Attenborough Life on Earth i. 19 DNA..is shaped like two intertwined helices. During cell division, these unzip, splitting the molecule. 2011 H. Sawada in Properties & Behav. Polymers I. 229 Poly(methyl methacrylate) shows a very strong tendency to depolymerize or unzip. 2011 J. Michael & S. Sircar Fund. Med. Physiol. (e-book ed.) (caption to fig. 3.2) Two enzymes are required, one to ‘unzip’ the DNA helix as replication proceeds, the other to add the successive nucleotides required to build the complementary strand of DNA. 4. transitive. Computing. Also in form unZIP. To decompress (a file) by extraction from a zip archive file (see zip n.1 3); to restore uncompressed files from (a zip archive file). Opposed to zip v.1 3.Quot. 19891 shows a slightly earlier punning use in the sense ‘to unveil, release (software)’. ΚΠ 1989 comp.sys.ibm.pc 1 Feb. (Usenet newsgroup, accessed 10 Oct. 2011) (title of posting) PKWARE ‘unZIPs’ New Compression Software.] 1989 comp.sys.amiga 4 Apr. (Usenet newsgroup, accessed 10 Oct. 2011) Now, is there a utility that unZIP's these files on the amiga? 2001 On Oct. 95/1 If you download a Zip file and then unzip it, you can dispense with the zipped version. 2011 M. Margolis Arduino Cookbk. i. 4 A free utility for unzipping files, called 7-Zip. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1927 |
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