| 释义 |
unˈwrite, v.
[un-2 3.]
trans. To cancel or abrogate the writing of (something); to annul or rescind (a writing).
1586J. Hooker Hist. Irel. in Holinshed II. 104/2 What he wrote he meant not to vnwrite. 1593B. Barnes Poems (Grosart) 6 Since mercylesse she made that chartyre,..Sign'd with those hands which neuer can vnwrite it. 1641Milton Animadv. 65 Yee write them in your closets, and unwrite them in your Courts. 1820Keats in Rossetti Life (1887) 96 My poor poem, which I would willingly take the trouble to unwrite, if possible. 1861Court Life at Naples II. 269 It is easier to unsay than to unwrite cross words. 1888Gladstone in Daily News 6 Nov. 6/3 You cannot un⁓write or rewrite the law of time. |