| 单词 | at unawares |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat unawares 4. at unawares: extracted from unawaresadv. a. = sense 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [adverb] > without warning on, in, or at unwarec1070 unwarec1100 unwaresa1122 uniwaresa1200 unwarelyc1200 on uniware1297 unwarneda1325 unadvised1390 unbewares1483 unbeware1489 unwarnishedly1513 unawarnistly1533 unadvisedlyc1535 unawares1535 at unwaresa1547 unwarnedly1563 at unawares1564 unwarily1569 at unaware1598 unaware1667 of all things1778 out of a clear (blue) sky1875 out of the blue1879 unawaredly1895 1564 N. Haward tr. Eutropius Briefe Chron. iii. sig. F.vii Anniball assaultinge Eneus Fulvius at unawares beinge then in Italye slue him. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iv. v. 9 He is taken prisoner, Either betrayd by falshood of his Guard, Or by his Foe surpriz'd at vnawares . View more context for this quotation 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xxvii. 58 Wee vsed all our best endevours to take them at vnawares, yet comming within fortie paces we were discovered. a1667 A. Cowley On Avarice in Wks. (1668) He..Must run the danger..of the rapid stream it self which may At unawares bear him perhaps away. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews ii. x, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 55 Serpents..some of which..fly in the air, and so come upon men at unawares. 1774 O. Goldsmith Grecian Hist. II. iii. 225 Darius fearing he should be attacked at unawares,..obliged his soldiers to coutinue the whole night under arms. 1822 W. Scott Halidon Hill i. ii. 46 You might slay him At unawares before he saw your blade drawn. 1868 J. T. Nettleship Ess. Browning's Poetry i. 40 It is like coming to the edge of a precipice at unawares. b. = sense 1a, 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [adverb] > in ignorance, unknowingly unknowingly1340 unknowinga1382 unwarec1386 unwittinglya1425 unbewares1483 unknownly1495 unawares1535 unaware1593 at unawares1596 unsuspectingly1798 unsuspectedly1826 uncognizantly1843 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [adverb] > without being observed at unawares1596 unperceivedly1616 occultly1641 unadvertedly1660 undiscernedly1660 unawares1670 the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adverb] > unintentionally or involuntarily unthankc960 un-i-waldesOE unwaldesc1210 in unwaresa1300 unwilfully1382 unwaresa1400 unbewares1483 unawares1535 unbethought1558 involuntarily1562 unaware1593 at unawares1596 unwillinglya1616 implicitly1625 unpurposedlya1639 hormetically1678 inadvertently1678 indeliberately1681 undesignedly1687 inadvertingly1715 unintentionally1769 unintendedly1782 unpurposely1830 will-lessly1865 1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. iv. x. 143 The King feared especially..least some word should escape him at vnawares. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 570 A Roman, at vnawares hauing killed a Cat, could not..be detained from their butcherly furie. 1679 C. Ness Distinct Disc. Antichrist 213 It stole into the world..unsensibly and at unawares. 1853 C. M. Yonge Heir of Redclyffe I. xv. 263 All this was told at unawares, drawn forth by different questions and remarks, till Guy inquired how much ‘it would take to give them a start?’ 1870 C. Rossetti Poems (1904) 65 When friend shall no more envy friend Nor vex his friend at unawares. < as lemmas |
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