单词 | unwinged |
释义 | unwingedadj.1 Lacking wings; wingless. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > relating to limbs > relating to wings or fins > having wings or fins > not having wings or fins unwinged1601 involatile1659 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 39 The unwinged Locusts called Tryxalides. 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 976 Of these then come the unwinged Glow-worms. a1711 T. Ken Psyche ii, in Wks. (1721) IV. 216 Our unwing'd Arms shall round each other lie. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Vine-grub Both the winged and the unwinged Vine-grubs. 1848 A. Jameson Sacred & Legendary Art I. 37 Two un-winged colossal-looking angel heads. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2020). unwingedadj.2 Deprived of wings. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adjective] unwinged1613 tortoise-like1645 testudineousa1652 pottering1821 soodly1821 snailish1889 glacial1922 society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > [adjective] > rendered incapable of movement unwinged1613 1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. iii. 46 And so did shee..Coniecture Time vnwing'd he came so slow. 1681 P. Rycaut tr. B. Gracián y Morales Critick 73 On the other Side was falling the unwinged Icarus..into the Water. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.11601adj.21613 |
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