单词 | unswaddle |
释义 | unswaddlev. transitive. To free from, take out of, swaddling bands or clothes. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > unwrap unwrapc1386 unswathea1400 unfold1553 unswaddle1579 unwind1596 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 385 His wife did vnswadell the younge boy to washe and shift him. a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub i. iv. 2 in Wks. (1640) III Puppy ha' scarce unswadled my legges yet. View more context for this quotation 1662 J. Greenhalgh Let. 22 Apr. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. IV. 16 When they had brought it to the altar, four or five were busied in uncovering and unswaddling the roll. 1853 G. J. Cayley Las Alforjas I. 184 Standing at the foot of the mattress, we fell back like tragic heroes, so as not to unswaddle our feet in lying down. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.1579 |
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