| 释义 |
▪ I. unˈfold, v.1
Forms: 1 unfealdan, 3 unuolden, 3–6 un-, vnfolde (5 onfolde), 4– unfold (4–7 vn-), 6–7 vnfould; 5 north. vnfald(e, 6, 8 Sc. unfauld.
[OE. unfealdan (f. un- un-2 + fealdan fold v.1), = MDu. and Du. ontvouden, -vouwen (eastern MDu. -volden, -valden), G. entfalten.]
1. trans. To open or unwrap the folds of; to spread open; to expand; to straighten out.
c890Wærferth tr. Gregory's Dial. 333 Þa boc..unlysan & unfealdan. c1000Ags. Gosp. Luke iv. 17 Sona swa he þa boc unfeold, þa funde he [etc.]. c1205Lay. 10544 æuere his writen he vnfeold þer he forð ferde. 13..Coer de L. 4809 Hys baner anon was unfolde, The Sarezynes anon gan behold. 1338R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 284 Bot if þe bulle vnfolden were red among vs here, Ȝour hote salle be holden. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xvii. 176 Þe paume hath powere..to vnfolde þe folden fuste. a1400–50Alexander 3027 Bald bernes on bent banars vnfaldis. c1450Lovelich Grail xxxvi. 462 Whanne this body he hadde beholde, Anon the clothes he dyde on-folde. 1530Palsgr. 767/2, I unfolde any thyng that is folded up togyder, Je desploye. Ibid., Unfolde this clothe. a1553Udall Roister D. iii. iv, No lesse..Than this letter purporteth, which ye haue vnfolde. 1663Davenant Siege of Rhodes Wks. (1672) 8 Sweeter then Buds unfolded in a Shower. 1697Dryden æneis vi. 393 Strife, that shakes Her hissing tresses, and unfolds her snakes. 1743Francis tr. Hor., Odes iv. xv. 5 Phœbus..warn'd me..Not to unfold my little sail. 1784Cowper Task iv. 153 The pattern grows, the well-depicted flow'r..Unfolds its bosom. 1828Scott F.M. Perth xix, Come now,..unfold your arms from about my patient. 1841T. R. Jones Anim. Kingd. 399 One of the snails unfolds from the right side of its neck..a wide sacculus.
b. transf. or fig.
1390Gower Conf. II. 24 For I ne mai my wit unfolde To find o word of that I mene. 1603Knolles Hist. Turks (1621) 540 Unfolding his troupes (that standing there, they might at more libertie use their swords). 1633G. Herbert Temple, Dawning 3 Unfold thy forehead gather'd into frowns. 1744Akenside Pleas. Imag. i. 73 Till in time..What he admired and loved, his vital smile Unfolded into being. 1839Thirlwall Greece VI. 253 As these thoughts had been nourished and unfolded in himself by the recent change in his fortunes.
c. To open (the eyes or lips); to open (a gate, etc.) upon hinges.
a1325in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1878) 144 Adam his eiȝen vnfeld; & seþþen his sone he biheld. 1620Shelton Quix. i. iv. xix. 518 He would not once vnfold his lips, vntill he might see what would be the period of his disgrace. 1667Milton P.L. iv. 381 Hell shall unfould..her widest Gates. 1801Southey Thalaba vi. xvi, The gates of iron, by no human arm Unfolded, turning on their hinges slow. 1896De Vinne Moxon's Mech. Exerc. 410 He..unfolded the frisket and tympan.
d. refl. (Also in fig. use.)
1779Mirror No. 22, Her voice seemed to unfold itself in singing, to suit every musical expression. 1821Shelley Epipsych. 480 An atom of th' Eternal, whose own smile Unfolds itself. 1891Farrar Darkn. & Dawn xxxv, The whole world had turned..to thorns; would some new rosebud now unfold itself among them?
2. To disclose or reveal by statement or exposition; to explain or make clear.
a1050Liber Scintill. xxxviii. (1889) 140 Ᵹeþancu unrihtwisnysse [hi] unfealdað. a1225Ancr. R. 100 Þis is a cruel word... Hit is bilepped & bihud, ac ich hit wulle unuolden. a1250Prov. ælfred 659 Al he bi-fulit his frend, Þen he him vnfoldit. 13..E.E. Allit P. B 1563 Calle hem alle to my cort.., Vnfolde hem alle þis ferly þat is bifallen here. 1426Lydg. De Guil. Pilgr. 10962 At the grete Iugement Wher tassyses shal be holde, Al couert falsenesse to vnfolde. c1475Partenay 5124 The holy fader wondred on that he told, Off tho merueles that ther [he] gan vnfold. 1595Locrine i. i. 83, I will vnto you all vnfold Our royall mind and resolute intent. 1658R. Flecknoe Epigr. & Enigm. Char. 1 Clearly unfolding and explicating the notions of her minde. 1693Humours Town 38, I will only unfold it to you as the nature of the thing is. 1782Priestley Matt. & Spir. I. Pref. p. xxxii, His system is..perhaps the same..if he would distinctly unfold it. 1817Jas. Mill Brit. India II. v. ix. 689 In a speech..[he] unfolded the causes and extent of the national calamities. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) IV. 239 The brethren whose mysteries I am about to unfold to you are far more ingenious.
refl.1602Shakes. Ham. i. i. 2 Nay answer me: Stand & vnfold your selfe. 1637B. Jonson Sad Sheph. ii. v, What riddle is this? unfold your selfe, deare Robin. 1831Carlyle Sart. Res. ii. v, The self-secluded unfolds himself in..free, glowing words.
3. To disclose or lay open to the view; to display. Also fig.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. iv. met. v. (1868) 132 Whi þat boetes þe sterre vnfoldiþ his ouer swift arisynges. 1590Shakes. Mids. N. i. i. 146 Briefe as the lightning in the collied night, That (in a spleene) vnfolds both heauen and earth. 1713Blackmore Creation i. 430 The hollow vales their smiling pride unfold. 1812S. Rogers Columbus xii. 32 To other eyes shall Mexico unfold Her feathered tapestries, and roofs of gold. 1872Jenkinson Guide Eng. Lakes (1879) 91 When the steep part of the journey is accomplished a lovely prospect is unfolded.
refl.1837W. Irving Capt. Bonneville III. 76 From this lofty eminence, a vast and magnificent prospect unfolds itself.
4. a. To unwrap; to take out of something folded.
1553Brende Q. Curtius 190 Vnfolding his wound,..[he] shewed his legge vnto them. 1827Scott Chron. Canongate v, Then was unfolded, out of many a little scrap of paper, the reserved sum of fifteen shillings.
b. To release, let go.
In Beaum. & Fl. Faithf. Shepherdess ii, ‘vnfould’ is an error for ‘infold’ or ‘enfold’: see note to un-1 5 b.
1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. xii. xlviii, These suppliant hands..Will never let thee loose, will never more unfold thee.
5. intr. To open (up or out); to spread out or expand; to become patent or plain, etc.
(a)c1350Libeaus Desc. 2091 As he set þus in halle, Out of þe stone walle A window faire unfelde. 1697Dryden æneis x. 1 The Gates of Heav'n unfold; Jove summons all The Gods to Council. 1715Pope Iliad iv. 1 And now Olympus' shining gates unfold. 1725― Odyss. ix. 533 Seest thou these lids that now unfold in vain? 1746Francis tr. Horace, Epist. i. xviii. 122 Ears, that unfold to every Tale, Intrusted Secrets ill conceal. 1828Scott F.M. Perth xix, But the fingers do unfold. 1887Bowen æneid iii. 94 The gates unfold of the shrine.
(b)c1586C'tess Pembroke Ps. (1823) lxxxi. i, Let joyfull songes to god unfold. 1601Shakes. Twel. N. i. ii. 19 Mine owne escape vnfoldeth to my hope. 1725Pope Odyss. xii. 240 Now all at once tremendous scenes unfold. 1759Robertson Hist. Scot. ii. Wks. 1813 I. 139 The queen's scheme began gradually to unfold. 1833Tennyson Eleänore v, I see thy beauty gradually unfold. 1858Sears Athan. iii. i. 256 A system of infinite truth, which is to unfold through the ages.
(c)a1649Crashaw Carmen Deo Nostro, To C'tess of Denbigh, Unfold at length, unfold fair flowre. 1813Scott Rokeby vi. i, That morning sun has three times seen The flowers unfold on Rokeby green. 1862Thackeray Philip xvi, The pony-chaise unfolded into a noble barouche. 1875Bennett & Dyer tr. Sachs' Bot. 175 The position of the leaves in the lateral buds before unfolding.
▪ II. unˈfold, v.2
[un-2 4 b + fold v.2]
trans. To release (sheep) from a fold or folds.
1530Palsgr. 768/1 It is tyme to unfolde our shepe. a1613Overbury A Wife, etc. (1638) 172 She dares goe alone and unfold sheepe i'th'night. 1781Cowper Retirem. 397 The boy, who..Unfolds his flock. |