| 释义 |
unˈtapped, ppl. a.
(un-1 8. Cf. Da. utappet.)
In frequent use (esp. fig.) from c 1890.
[1775Ash.] 1779Warner in Jesse Selwyn (1844) IV. 254 An untapped barrel of ale. 1863Bates Nat. Amazons I. 143 Untapped [india-rubber] trees still growing in the wilds. 1889C. Edwardes Sardinia 164 What a fund of mirth..lay untapped within him! |