单词 | unblown |
释义 | unblownadj.1 1. Not driven, tossed, or fanned by the wind. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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 Of flowers: Unopened; still in the bud. ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.11638adj.21587 |
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