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单词 unarmoured
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unarmouredunarmoredadj.

Etymology: un- prefix1 3.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈarmoured.
1. Of vessels: Not armour-clad.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [adjective] > armour-plated > not
unarmoured1869
1869 E. J. Reed Our Iron-clad Ships iv. 73 When we pass from unarmoured to armoured ships, the contrast is still more striking.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 61/1 In the unarmoured iron ships recently built for the navy tie-plates have been entirely dispensed with.
2. Of persons: Not protected by armour.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > [adjective] > clad in or protected by armour > not
armourlessa1398
unharnesseda1513
unpanoplied1787
unmailed1799
mailless1817
unarmoured1873
1873 W. Morris Love is Enough 18 Barehanded, unarmoured, he handled the spear-shaft.
1892 Ld. Tennyson Foresters iv And walkest [thou] here Unarmour'd? all these walks are Robin Hood's And sometimes perilous.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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