| 释义 |
unˈmanaged, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not controlled or regulated.
1603Drayton Bar. Wars i. i, A strong nation, whose vnmanag'd might Them from their naturall Soueraigne did diuide. 1646Hammond Tracts 22 Mounted on an unmanaged or tender-mouth'd horse. 1673O. Walker Educ. ii. 22 Indiscreet, impertinent, unmenaged servants. 1746Francis tr. Hor., Sat. ii. ii. 11 Pursue the Chace: th' unmanaged Courser rein. 1848T. Aird Christian Bride iii. vi, The abandoned chariots with unmanaged steeds Roll mad about.
b. Of language: Unrestrained, outspoken.
1771Burke Corr. (1844) I. 323 Your lordship's criminal accusations, so heavy in the matter and unmanaged in the epithets. 1791― Th. French Aff. Wks. VII. 63 The Prussian ministers in foreign courts have..talked the most democratick language with regard to France, and in the most unmanaged terms.
†2. Unlaboured, uncultivated. Obs.—1
1634W. Wood New Eng. Prosp. (1865) 52 The folly..of such as would venture into so rude and unmanaged a countrey, without..much provisions. |