单词 | unbored |
释义 | unboredadj. (un- prefix1 2.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [adjective] > having (a) hole(s) > bored, pierced, or perforated > with a sharp-pointed instrument > not pierced or perforated unpricked1561 unbored1598 unperforated1634 unperforate1722 unjabbed1891 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Disforato, without holes, vnbored. 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes ii. iv. 137 in Wks. II We ha the dullest, Most unboar'd Eares for verse amongst our females. 1740 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (rev. ed.) App. p. xli It is best to give the turner an unbor'd rocket. 1829 Nat. Philos. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) I. Heat ii. 4 He took an unbored cannon, with the large projecting piece..which is usually cast with cannon to ensure solidity. 1861 Rep. Smithsonian Instit. 1860 215 A flat, spiral shell exactly like an unbored Haliotis. 1866–7 G. Stephens Old-Northern Runic Monuments I. ii. 576 The unbored and therefore current Roman Coins. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1598 |
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