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单词 unaired
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unairedadj.

Etymology: un- prefix1 2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈaired.
1. Untravelled. Obsolete. rare. (Cf. aired adj.1)
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society > travel > aspects of travel > condition of not travelling > [adjective]
untravelled1585
unaireda1640
ingle-bred1788
unwandered1799
stay-at-home1806
a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Queene of Corinth ii. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Bbbbbb/2 Be not so improvident To forget your travelling pace, 'tis a maine posture, And to all unayr'd Gentlemen will betray you.
2. Not exposed to the air or to heat so as to remove stagnant air or damp. (Cf. air v. 1, 2.)
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > environmental pollution > [adjective] > bad air > not ventilated
fat1598
airlessa1616
unaired1682
unventilated1712
unperflated1768
mochy1825
fuggy1888
fugged1971
1682 T. Otway Venice Preserv'd iii. 34 What feminine Tale hast thou been listening to, Of unayr'd shirts; Catharrs and Tooth Ach got By thin-sol'd shoos?
1740 Mrs. Foley in M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 122 We are, I think, too much invalids to go into an unaired house.
1763 Brit. Mag. 4 405 The ladies were under terrible apprehensions about damp sheets and unaired beds.
1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. iii. 84 The state-rooms are unaired, and in indifferent order.
1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate I. ix. 210 She had been wrong to go into such a place as the cold, unaired Town-hall.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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