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单词 unblown
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unblownadj.1

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈbləʊn/, U.S. /ˌənˈbloʊn/
Etymology: un- prefix1 2b, 2c + blown adj.1
1. Not driven, tossed, or fanned by the wind.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > blown (upon) by wind > not
unblown1638
1638 G. Sandys Paraphr. Iob xx. 27 in Paraphr. Divine Poems Thick darknesse shall infold, a fire unblowne Devoure his Race.
1648 B. Duppa Soules Soliloquie 17 He..might the next year at his return find the same Letters un-blowne away.
1835 Campbell Fragm. Oratorio Bk. Job 29 By the fire of his conscience he perisheth In an unblown flame.
1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion iii. v. 125 Groping first on fields of unblown mist.
2. With -out: Not extinguished.
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the world > matter > light > illumination > [adjective] > illuminated or lit up
lightc1300
lightedc1450
illuminate?a1475
circumfulseda1513
illustrate1526
in light1534
lighted1596
illightened1609
enlightened1640
unblown1647
luminated1652
illuminated1664
lit1783
alight1817
lit-up1835
littena1849
light-struck1923
1647 H. More Philos. Poems 44 When others eyes plainly can nothing see, Then thy prodigious lamps by night unwet And unblown-out, can read right readily.
3. Not sounded.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing wind instrument > [adjective] > playing trumpet > sounded > not
unblown1815
1815 Ld. Byron Destr. Sennacherib v, in Hebrew Melodies 47 The tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown.

Draft additions March 2007

colloquial. Designating a vehicle or engine without a turbocharger. Cf. blown adj.1 5f.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [adjective] > fuel or air mixture
rich1882
stratified charge1886
supercharged1910
weak1918
swirl1926
blown1934
squish1957
unblown1959
1959 Los Angeles Times 12 June iv.12/1 To accord with APBA rules, her blown-Chrysler will be replaced with a 383-cubic-inch Mercury, unblown.
1982 Financial Times (Nexis) 15 May 9 The Mulsanne Turbo takes only 7.4 seconds to heave its 2 1/2 tons from a standstill to 60 mph against the unblown car's 10 seconds.
1992 Car Feb. 42/2 The Aristo sits on a new platform and gets the choice of two new-generation 2997cc straight-six twin-cam 24V engines, unblown and twin-turbo.
2004 Salt Lake Tribune (Nexis) 16 Aug. d7 The fastest unblown car in the world.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

unblownadj.2

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈbləʊn/, U.S. /ˌənˈbloʊn/
Etymology: un- prefix1 2b + blown adj.2
Of flowers: Unopened; still in the bud.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > that has or has not opened
unblown1587
the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > [adjective] > unready or immature
green?a1300
rawa1398
indigest1398
unmatured?a1425
unripea1500
unseasonable1515
unbuilded1519
inchoate1534
unripened1561
uncivil1572
unmellowed1573
unmanured1577
unblown1587
ungrown1593
unpolished1594
rudimental1597
rude1600
unsalted1602
unseasoned1602
unlicked1612
embryon1613
unbakeda1616
unbloweda1616
unfledged1615
unmellow1615
sappya1627
embryous1628
unconcocteda1631
unkneaded1633
immature1635
sucking1648
vacuous1651
embryo1659
unelaborate1663
unmature1673
unformed1689
undeveloped1736
infantile1772
uncultivated1796
unelaborated1817
fetal1820
embryotic1823
embryonic1825
embryonary1833
sophomoric1837
seedling1843
rudimentary1851
unwrought1869
juvenescent1875
vealy1890
under-developed1892
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xiii. 213 The little flowers which wee see vnblowen in the morning and withered at night.
1775 T. Percival Ess. Med. & Exper. (1776) III. 203 A purple flower, unblown, was suspended in the vessel with the lilas.
1822 P. B. Shelley Fragm. Unfinished Drama 203 A nook of unblown violets And lilies-of-the-valley yet unborn.
1845 E. Ballard & A. B. Garrod Elements Materia Medica 226 Rosa Gallica. The dried petals of the shops are the unblown flower-buds.
1851 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 1850 19: Pt. i 18 (note) The formation shaped like the unblown water-lily.
figurative.1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. iv. 10 Ah my young princes, ah my tender babes! My vnblowne flowers. View more context for this quotationa1625 J. Fletcher Humorous Lieut. ii. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Qqq4v/2 How yet unripe we were, unblowne, unhardend.a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Loves Pilgrimage iii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Bbbbbbbb3v/2 I hold my beauty..As right and rich as hers,..My youth as much unblown.1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 446 Boys are at best but pretty buds unblown . View more context for this quotation1821 P. B. Shelley Epipsychidion 17 As hair grown grey O'er a young brow, they hid its unblown prime With ruins of unseasonable time.1893 B. Carman Lyrics, Why i A name unknown, Whose fame unblown Sleeps in the hills.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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