| 释义 |
▪ I. unˈtack, v.1
[un-2 3 + tack v.1]
1. trans. To take apart, break up.
1641Milton Reform. ii. 54 The little adoe, which me thinks I find in untacking these pleasant Sophismes. a1715Burnet Own Time vii. (1734) II. 401 If they [sc. the Lords] should untack the Bill, and separate one from the other. [Cf. tack v.1 5.]
b. To detach (from something); to set free.
1667Marvell Instr. Dutch Wars Poems (1870) 153 Ruyter forthwith a squadron doth untack. a1677Barrow Serm. (1683) II. 49 It alone can untack our minds and affections from this world. 1741Richardson Pamela II. 21 Besides, I must all undress me in a manner to untack [the papers].
2. To detach by the withdrawal of tacks. Also absol.
1693Evelyn De la Quint. Compl. Gard. II. 41 We must never begin to Prune an Espalier..until it be quite untack'd. 1707Mortimer Husb. 138 When the Blanket..is full, they untack it and carry it away, and empty it. 1718J. Laurence Fruit-Gard. Kalendar 43 To Exercise his Knife..in correcting the great Disorders of his..Peach-trees; first untacking them from the Wall.
▪ II. unˈtack, v.2
[un-2 4 + tack n.7 b, v.5]
trans. To remove the saddle and bridle from (a horse). Also absol.
1962W. Faulkner Reivers viii. 185 We went back to the barn and untacked and Lycurgus brought a bucket and a rag and Lycurgus washed him down..before stabling and feeding him. 1977F. Parrish Fire in Barley iv. 40 Would you like me to untack her?.. Take off the saddle and bridle? |