单词 | unsettled |
释义 | un·settled a. (1) < an unsettled air — an echo of turbulence and war — now hangs over every campus — F.E.Robin > < this utterly unsettled and uncertain condition — C.S.Peirce > (2) < homebound … meeting unsettled weather all the way, rain, snow, hail, and sunshine — Crowsnest > (3) < clouds of unsettled dust > < the murky unsettled water > b. (1) < in an unsettled state of mind > (2) < unsettled constitutional questions … came up for solution — H.W.H.Knott > < specifications were still unsettled — Fortune > c. (1) < unsettled young people without any roots in the past > (2) < living an unsettled life after leaving his family > < the old tribal customs now unsettled by modern civilization > d. (1) < the unsettled nomads of the desert > (2) < land within the territory … that was then unsettled or uncultivated has been peopled or reclaimed — B.N.Cardozo > e. < minds unsettled by excessive ascetic observances — W.G.Sumner > < at one time he was insane or at least unsettled — A.B.Guthrie > f. (1) < the estate remains unsettled > (2) < borrowing money to pay off all unsettled debts > • un·settledness |
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