单词 | unbar |
释义 | unbarv. a. transitive. To remove the bar from (a door or gate, etc.); to unfasten, undo. Also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > a door, gate, etc. > unlock, unbolt, etc. undoc950 unloukOE unsparc1175 unsteekc1250 unpinc1300 unshutc1315 loosec1400 unbarc1400 unlockc1400 open?a1425 unbolt1598 unlatchc1625 unpadlock1769 unsneck1785 undub1807 unslot1827 unsnib1905 snick1927 c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2070 The brygge watȝ brayde doun, & þe brode ȝateȝ Vnbarred & born open. 1433 J. Lydgate Legend St. Edmund iii. 1201 A-nother [thief] besy..To vnpyke lokys, a-nother to vnbarre. c1450 Mirk's Festial 42 Thomas ȝede to þe dyr, and vnbarret þe dyrre. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) xxviii. sig. Eiiii He claue asonder sheldes and vnbarred helmes. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. xi. sig. Zv He behight Those gates to be vnbar'd, and forth he went. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 995 The Turkes..vncouered and vnbarred their artillerie against the assailants. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Sir John van Olden Barnavelt (1980) v. iii. 2912 Who vnbard the Havens, that the floating Merchant might clap his lynnen wings vp to the windes. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Speeches Ajax & Ulysses in Fables 473 Sure I may..Enter the Town; I then unbarr'd the Gates, When I remov'd their tutelary Fates. 1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 190. ⁋7 The servant immediately confessed that he unbarred the door. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. vi. 99 The house door was next unbarred, unlocked, and unchained. 1859 A. A. Procter Haunted House: Ghost in Picture Room in All Year Round Extra Christmas No., 13 Dec. 21/1 With soothing words the sister bade her wait, Until she brought the key to unbar the gate. b. In figurative context. ΚΠ 1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Ciijv Looke when the sun..doth rise, Soone as the morne vnbarres her christall gate. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. v. 102 By'th'sure Physitian, Death; who is the key T'vnbarre these Lockes. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 4 Till Morn..with rosie hand Unbarr'd the gates of Light. View more context for this quotation 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 412 The morn..Unbarr'd the portal of the roseate east. 1746 J. Hervey Medit. (1818) 87 The returning hours have unbarred the gates of light. 1831 D. Brewster Life I. Newton xiii. 224 That intellectual strength which had unbarred the strongholds of the universe. 1867 J. Ruskin Time & Tide iv. §17 You practical English!—will you ever unbar the shutters of your brains? 1878 J. R. Seeley Life & Times Stein III. 565 There is nothing he likes better than unbarring restrictions, throwing open closed doors. c. intransitive. To undergo unbarring. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > become open [verb (intransitive)] > of a door, gate, etc. > be unbolted, unbarred, etc. unlocka1470 unbolt1470 unlatch1742 unbar1748 unsneck1948 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. l. 291 I heard her lady's door, with hasty violence, unbar, unbolt, unlock, and open. Derivatives unˈbarring n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [noun] > action or process of opening > opening by removing obstruction unstopping1611 unbarring1829 the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [adjective] > opening or unclosing > opening by removing obstruction > specific unbarring1856 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Sbaraglio, rout, vnbarring, scattring. 1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein II. vii. 222 They heard the noise of the unbolting and unbarring of the gates of the inn. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xix. 324 The unbarring of the prison doors. 1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. xvi. 136 The possibility of her father's release from prison by the unbarring hand of death. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.c1400 |
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