unboundadj.¹

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈbaʊnd/, U.S.

/ˌənˈbaʊnd/

Forms: (see bind v.).

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2b. Compare Middle Dutch and Dutch ongebonden, Middle High German and German ungebunden, North Frisian ünbünjen, Old Norse and Icelandic ú-, óbundinn (Danish unbunden, Swedish obunden).

a. Not bound or tied up; unfastened. Also with up.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [adjective] > loose, unfastened, or untied > not bound

unboundeOE

abstricted1727

unfilleted1802

α.

eOE Laws of Ælfred (Corpus Cambr. 173) c. 35 Gif he hine to preoste bescire unbundenne, mid xxx scill. gebete.

a1000 Ags. Riddles xxiii. [xxiv.] 15 Nelle ic unbunden ænigum hyran, nymðe searosælod.

c1480 (a1400) St. Euphemia 49 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 418 Vnbundine [he] gert hir cum þare ymang þame þat bundyn var sar.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xvi So the barley lyeth vnbounden thre or foure dayes.., and than to bynde it.

β. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 357 With þe ta syde of hur heade vnbun vpp sho ran to feght agayn þaim of Babilon.1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Sii/1 Vnbound, liber.1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xvi. xviii. 284 Her lockes vnbound, wau'd in the wanton winde.1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 603 Though..they binde Volatil Hermes, and call up unbound In various shapes old Proteus from the Sea. 1757 W. Wilkie Epigoniad ii. 47 Now, tam'd by age, his coursers stood unbound.1808 W. Scott Marmion iv. iv. 189 Some damsel flying fast, With hair unbound, and looks aghast.1892 A. C. Gunter Miss Dividends (1893) 248 The moonlight shining through the car window gets into her unbound hair.

b. figurative. Unconfined, unconstrained; not bound by any engagement, vow, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] > free from obligations or ties

freeOE

loosec1374

unbound1390

unobligedc1580

footloose1650

free-floating1927

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 393 It helpeth more..than forto crave Of othre men and make him bounde, Wher elles he mai stonde unbounde.

1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. cvi Bot ilk berne has bene vnbundin with blame.

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 684/1 God..hauing his power absolute, fre, and vnbounden vnto any maner of hys ordinary course.

1603 J. Davies Microcosmos 165 To court bright beauty match'd, as t'were vnbound.

1790 W. Cowper On Receipt Mother's Picture 87 I should ill requite thee to constrain Thy unbound spirit into bonds again.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 219 Yet thee She fail'd to bind, tho' being, as I think, Unbound as yet.

c. Not bound as apprentice. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to status > [adjective] > apprenticed > not

unbound1497

unapprenticed1809

unindented1881

1497–8 Old City Acct. Bk. in Archæol. Jrnl. (1886) 43 168 A fyne lost by R. Bancrofte for..settyng to werk a child vnbound & vnablid.

2. Not secured with a band or border of some strong material.

ΘΚΠ

unbound1531

bandless1648

1531 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 38 viij kettelles bound and vnbond.

1547 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Edward VI (1914) 17 One Black chest bounde with Irone & ij other Chestes vnbounde.

3. Of books: Not provided with a binding or cover. Also with up.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > [adjective] > bound > unbound

in (loose) quires1437

unbound1541

in sheets1693

ungathered1888

1541 Acts Privy Council 25 Apr. Anthony Marler..might sell the bibles of the Gret volume unbounde for x. s sterl[ing].

1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) (colophon) f. xxxvii*^v That no maner of person do sell this present booke vnbounde, aboue the price of .ii. Shyllynges the piece.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. x. 249 A Book-seller, who had in his Ware-house Volumes that lay there unbound, and without Titles.

1720 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1906) VII. 161 The Textus..will be sent unbound as desired.

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. xi. 27/2 One other leaf of that mighty Volume..left to fly abroad, unprinted, unpublished, unbound up.

1896 T. L. De Vinne in Moxon's Mech. Exerc.: Printing (new ed.) II. 401 The complete book on printing, unbound, then cost 14s. 4d.

figurative.1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iii. 89 This precious booke of loue, this vnbound Louer, To bewtifie him, onely lacks a Couer.

4. Of substances: In a loose or free state. Also of a particle: = free adj. 11b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > particle physics > particle avoiding strong interaction > electron > [adjective] > of electron: able to move unrestrictedly

unbound1697

free1895

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 52 While the Turf lies open, and unbound, Succeeding Suns may bake the Mellow Ground.

1902 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 14 June 146 Their methods..would only extract and precipitate the unbound purin.

1971 Sci. Amer. June 25/1 Once a few unbound electrons are produced on the surface of the solid hydrogen isotope, these free electrons rapidly pick up energy from the incident oscillating electric field.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

unboundadj.²

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈbaʊnd/, U.S.

/ˌənˈbaʊnd/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2 + bound adj.¹

rare.

Unprovided, destitute.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > non-possession > [adjective] > devoid of something > lacking or without > not provided or equipped with something

unbounda1300

unpurveyed?1397

unprovided1513

unprovided1530

unbestoweda1535

improvided1569

dispurveyed1574

unsupplied1599

unaccommodated1608

unprepared1608

disprovided1864

a1300 Cursor Mundi 24034 I stakerd sua i moght not stand, Bot als þai me up-held wit hand Vn-bun was i o bote.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† unboundadj.³

Etymology: un- prefix¹ + bound v.¹

Obsolete.

Unbounded; boundless.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > [adjective] > unlimited

endless1413

perpetual1578

limitlessa1586

unbound1593

unbounded1598

boundless1599

spaceless1616

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective]

freeeOE

unneedc1175

easyc1200

untiedc1374

unhemmeda1400

largec1400

unrefraineda1500

rampanta1540

unmuzzleda1541

unyoked1573

yokeless1584

licensed1593

unbound1593

wild1599

broad1604

fetterless1604

unconfined1607

ungyved1607

ungaged?1617

unboundeda1625

unfettereda1631

vagabond1635

unmanacled1686

unrestricted1750

haggard-wild1786

unconstrained1796

unshackled1796

chainless1816

rioty1819

untethered1826

unwithholdena1834

bondless1845

fancy-loose1850

constraintless1865

unpressured1879

undammed1896

balls-to-the-wall1967

balls-out1968

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > infinite or unlimited

finitea1400

infinite1413

unmeasuredc1429

immoderatec1508

unbounded1646

unhoopable1672

ensophic1693

unlimited1702

unboundc1725

unpartial1787

1593 Queen Elizabeth I tr. Boethius De Consolatione Philosophiæ in Queen Elizabeth's Englishings (1899) ii. pr. vii. 53 The lasting of any longest tyme, if it be matcht with vnbounde eternitie, not small but none shall seeme.

a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. ii. §1. 198 The vnlimited and vnbound extension of the Appetites of Man.

1687 Elegy on Cleveland in J. Cleveland Wks. 284 Such was the Fate of my weak Streams, that ran To drown themselves in th' unbound Ocean.

c1725 A. Ramsay Some of Contents Ever-green ii Dunbar does with unbound ingyne, In satyre, joke, and in the serious schyne.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

unboundv.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈbaʊnd/, U.S.

/ˌənˈbaʊnd/

Etymology: un- prefix² 1a.

rare.

transitive. To deprive of bounds or limits.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > extend [verb (transitive)] > deprive of bounds

unbound1605

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 443 The thirst of Vengeance, and that puffing breath Of Eluish Honour..Vn-bound all Countries.

1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion v. 77 Gowre, Whose Promontorie (plac't to check the Oceans powre) Kept in Severne yet her selfe, till beeing growne too great, Shee with extended armes vnbounds her ancient seat.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

adj.¹eOE

adj.²a1300

adj.³1593

v.1605

单词	unbound
释义	unboundadj.¹ Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈbaʊnd/, U.S. /ˌənˈbaʊnd/ Forms: (see bind v.). Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2b. Compare Middle Dutch and Dutch ongebonden, Middle High German and German ungebunden, North Frisian ünbünjen, Old Norse and Icelandic ú-, óbundinn (Danish unbunden, Swedish obunden). 1. a. Not bound or tied up; unfastened. Also with up. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [adjective] > loose, unfastened, or untied > not bound unboundeOE abstricted1727 unfilleted1802 α. eOE Laws of Ælfred (Corpus Cambr. 173) c. 35 Gif he hine to preoste bescire unbundenne, mid xxx scill. gebete. a1000 Ags. Riddles xxiii. [xxiv.] 15 Nelle ic unbunden ænigum hyran, nymðe searosælod. c1480 (a1400) St. Euphemia 49 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 418 Vnbundine [he] gert hir cum þare ymang þame þat bundyn var sar. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xvi So the barley lyeth vnbounden thre or foure dayes.., and than to bynde it. β. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 357 With þe ta syde of hur heade vnbun vpp sho ran to feght agayn þaim of Babilon.1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Sii/1 Vnbound, liber.1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xvi. xviii. 284 Her lockes vnbound, wau'd in the wanton winde.1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 603 Though..they binde Volatil Hermes, and call up unbound In various shapes old Proteus from the Sea. View more context for this quotation1757 W. Wilkie Epigoniad ii. 47 Now, tam'd by age, his coursers stood unbound.1808 W. Scott Marmion iv. iv. 189 Some damsel flying fast, With hair unbound, and looks aghast.1892 A. C. Gunter Miss Dividends (1893) 248 The moonlight shining through the car window gets into her unbound hair. b. figurative. Unconfined, unconstrained; not bound by any engagement, vow, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] > free from obligations or ties freeOE loosec1374 unbound1390 unobligedc1580 footloose1650 free-floating1927 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 393 It helpeth more..than forto crave Of othre men and make him bounde, Wher elles he mai stonde unbounde. 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. cvi Bot ilk berne has bene vnbundin with blame. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 684/1 God..hauing his power absolute, fre, and vnbounden vnto any maner of hys ordinary course. 1603 J. Davies Microcosmos 165 To court bright beauty match'd, as t'were vnbound. 1790 W. Cowper On Receipt Mother's Picture 87 I should ill requite thee to constrain Thy unbound spirit into bonds again. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 219 Yet thee She fail'd to bind, tho' being, as I think, Unbound as yet. c. Not bound as apprentice. rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to status > [adjective] > apprenticed > not unbound1497 unapprenticed1809 unindented1881 1497–8 Old City Acct. Bk. in Archæol. Jrnl. (1886) 43 168 A fyne lost by R. Bancrofte for..settyng to werk a child vnbound & vnablid. 2. Not secured with a band or border of some strong material. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [adjective] > loose, unfastened, or untied > not bound > with a band or border unbound1531 bandless1648 1531 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 38 viij kettelles bound and vnbond. 1547 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Edward VI (1914) 17 One Black chest bounde with Irone & ij other Chestes vnbounde. 3. Of books: Not provided with a binding or cover. Also with up. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > [adjective] > bound > unbound in (loose) quires1437 unbound1541 in sheets1693 ungathered1888 1541 Acts Privy Council 25 Apr. Anthony Marler..might sell the bibles of the Gret volume unbounde for x. s sterl[ing]. 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) (colophon) f. xxxvii^v That no maner of person do sell this present booke vnbounde, aboue the price of .ii. Shyllynges the piece. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding* iii. x. 249 A Book-seller, who had in his Ware-house Volumes that lay there unbound, and without Titles. 1720 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1906) VII. 161 The Textus..will be sent unbound as desired. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. xi. 27/2 One other leaf of that mighty Volume..left to fly abroad, unprinted, unpublished, unbound up. 1896 T. L. De Vinne in Moxon's Mech. Exerc.: Printing (new ed.) II. 401 The complete book on printing, unbound, then cost 14s. 4d. figurative.1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iii. 89 This precious booke of loue, this vnbound Louer, To bewtifie him, onely lacks a Couer. View more context for this quotation 4. Of substances: In a loose or free state. Also of a particle: = free adj. 11b. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > particle physics > particle avoiding strong interaction > electron > [adjective] > of electron: able to move unrestrictedly unbound1697 free1895 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 52 While the Turf lies open, and unbound, Succeeding Suns may bake the Mellow Ground. View more context for this quotation 1902 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 14 June 146 Their methods..would only extract and precipitate the unbound purin. 1971 Sci. Amer. June 25/1 Once a few unbound electrons are produced on the surface of the solid hydrogen isotope, these free electrons rapidly pick up energy from the incident oscillating electric field. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). unboundadj.² Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈbaʊnd/, U.S. /ˌənˈbaʊnd/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2 + bound adj.¹ rare. Unprovided, destitute. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > [adjective] > devoid of something > lacking or without > not provided or equipped with something unbounda1300 unpurveyed?1397 unprovided1513 unprovided1530 unbestoweda1535 improvided1569 dispurveyed1574 unsupplied1599 unaccommodated1608 unprepared1608 disprovided1864 a1300 Cursor Mundi 24034 I stakerd sua i moght not stand, Bot als þai me up-held wit hand Vn-bun was i o bote. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † unboundadj.³ Etymology: un- prefix¹ + bound v.¹ Obsolete. Unbounded; boundless. ΘΚΠ the world > space > [adjective] > unlimited endless1413 perpetual1578 limitlessa1586 unbound1593 unbounded1598 boundless1599 spaceless1616 society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] freeeOE unneedc1175 easyc1200 untiedc1374 unhemmeda1400 largec1400 unrefraineda1500 rampanta1540 unmuzzleda1541 unyoked1573 yokeless1584 licensed1593 unbound1593 wild1599 broad1604 fetterless1604 unconfined1607 ungyved1607 ungaged?1617 unboundeda1625 unfettereda1631 vagabond1635 unmanacled1686 unrestricted1750 haggard-wild1786 unconstrained1796 unshackled1796 chainless1816 rioty1819 untethered1826 unwithholdena1834 bondless1845 fancy-loose1850 constraintless1865 unpressured1879 undammed1896 balls-to-the-wall1967 balls-out1968 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > infinite or unlimited finitea1400 infinite1413 unmeasuredc1429 immoderatec1508 unbounded1646 unhoopable1672 ensophic1693 unlimited1702 unboundc1725 unpartial1787 1593 Queen Elizabeth I tr. Boethius De Consolatione Philosophiæ in Queen Elizabeth's Englishings (1899) ii. pr. vii. 53 The lasting of any longest tyme, if it be matcht with vnbounde eternitie, not small but none shall seeme. a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. ii. §1. 198 The vnlimited and vnbound extension of the Appetites of Man. 1687 Elegy on Cleveland in J. Cleveland Wks. 284 Such was the Fate of my weak Streams, that ran To drown themselves in th' unbound Ocean. c1725 A. Ramsay Some of Contents Ever-green ii Dunbar does with unbound ingyne, In satyre, joke, and in the serious schyne. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020). unboundv. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈbaʊnd/, U.S. /ˌənˈbaʊnd/ Etymology: un- prefix² 1a. rare. transitive. To deprive of bounds or limits. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > extend [verb (transitive)] > deprive of bounds unbound1605 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 443 The thirst of Vengeance, and that puffing breath Of Eluish Honour..Vn-bound all Countries. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion v. 77 Gowre, Whose Promontorie (plac't to check the Oceans powre) Kept in Severne yet her selfe, till beeing growne too great, Shee with extended armes vnbounds her ancient seat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.¹eOEadj.²a1300adj.³1593v.1605
随便看	to take a or one's flight to take a or the back seat to take a or the fray to take a or the trick to take a page from to take a page from a person to take a page from a person's book to take a page from a thing to take a page out of another's playbook to take a part against to take a part with to take a party to take a pawn en passant to take a pee to take a peek to take a peg lower to take a person a buttonhole lower to take a person a peg lower to take a person all etc time to take a person all her time to take a person all his time to take a person as one finds him to take a person as one finds him etc to take a person as one finds him her to take a person at advantage

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unboundv.

unboundadj.¹

unboundadj.²

† unboundadj.³