单词 | untried |
释义 | untriedadj. 1. Not tried, proved, or tested. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [adjective] > tried or tested > not unfonded?c1225 unproved?1440 untried1526 unsayeda1598 untested1828 unproven1836 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > state of being unprovable > [adjective] > unproved unproved1478 untried1526 uncontrolled1529 unproven1563 unapproved1597 proofless1610 undemonstrated1648 unverified1816 untested1828 non-proven1847 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. QQviiiv That no worde passe out vntryed, and nothyng entre vnexamyned. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. iii. sig. C4v Her skin like burnisht gold, her hands like siluer vre vntryde. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iii. sig. C6v Loth was that other..To taste th'vntryed dint of deadly steele. 1647 A. Cowley Encrease in Mistress iii So the new-made, and untride Spheres above, Took their first turn from th' hand of Jove. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 146 Four fair Heifars yet in Yoke untry'd . View more context for this quotation 1739 C. Labelye Short Acct. Piers Westm. Bridge 28 Not to leave one single square Foot in the whole Surface of the Foundation untried. 1783 G. Crabbe Village ii. 34 When smit with glory's charms, The untry'd youth first quits a father's arms. 1833 H. Martineau Cinnamon & Pearls v. 95 Can anything equal the presumption of human decisions on untried matters! 1871 W. H. Dixon Tower III. i. 1 A man of untried power. 2. Not tried by a judge. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > [adjective] > not tried untrieda1618 a1618 J. Sylvester Iob Triumphant in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 935 Against Iob began his wrath to flame..And..his Foe-friends, for so strict Condemning Iob, vntry'd, and vnconvict. 1785 W. Cowper Task v. 398 Condemn'd untried, Cruelly spar'd, and hopeless of escape! 1824 S. Smith in Edinb. Rev. Jan. 306 For these fifty years past, and before the invention of tread-mills, untried men were not put upon felons' work. 1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. v. 181 The best Jail for untried offenders in the world. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1526 |
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