单词 | unbroke |
释义 | unbrokeadj. 1. = unbroken adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [adjective] > remaining in specified condition unbrokena1300 unbrokea1325 unperisheda1400 upstandingc1450 unviolate1548 uncancelled1557 yet1608 voidless1642 indissolved1659 standing1673 unruinablea1684 unworn1748 decayless1828 a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) xii. 67 Þulke þat we graunteden to holde..in þe forme hol biforeseide ant vnbroke. c1460 Oseney Reg. 14 Ordeynyng þat all maner possessions..to þem, and to þere successours sure and vnbroke abyde. c1460 Oseney Reg. 161 Þat sure and vnbroke hit abide. 1608 W. Shakespeare Richard II iv. i. 205 God keepe all Vowes vnbroke that sweare to thee. 1616 B. Jonson in W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. sig. A5v See, that thou By offring not more sureties, then inow, Hold thyne owne worth vnbroke. 2. = unbroken adj. 2. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > [adjective] > whole or intact > unbroken or not cracked unbrostenc1400 unbroken1495 infract1573 unshaken1573 uncracked1581 unshivered1598 crackless1616 unbroke1632 unshook1633 unshattered1634 unchipped1647 unfractured1742 unruptured1775 unburst1782 indissolute1834 unsnapped1864 fissureless1875 unbreached1876 the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak > weakened > not weakened by age unbroke1725 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 182 These Iarres are all..interlarded with pitch to preserue the earthen vessels vnbroke a sunder. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. viii. 149 How broad his shoulders spread! By age unbroke! 1762 J. Wilkes Corr. (1805) III. 43 I..return it with the seal unbroke, as the clearest demonstration that I never have read the contents of it. 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel iv. xviii. 109 Unbroke by age, erect his seat. 1845 H. W. Longfellow Arrow iii Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke. 3. = unbroken adj. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > temperament > [adjective] > not broken in or trained uncorsayeda1400 undaunted1422 unbroken1538 rough1542 unhandled1558 unbacked1593 unmade1632 unbrokea1716 breachy1780 outlawed1893 a1716 Addison tr. Horace iii. iii Wild from the desart and unbroke: In vain they foam'd. 1743 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes (new ed.) I. ii. v. 1 See, thy Heifer's yet unbroke To the Labours of the Yoke. 1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama viii. 76 His neck unbroke to mortal yoke, Like Nature free the Steed must be. 1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain II. i. 9 He was a black Andalusian stallion,..unbroke, savage, and furious. 1865 T. Taylor tr. T. Hersart de la Villemarqué Ballads & Songs Brittany 172 An unbroke filly. 4. = unbroken adj. 5. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > [adjective] continualc1340 jointc1400 directa1513 unbroken1561 successive1586 continuate1601 uninterrupted1602 unintermitted1611 continued1628 concrete1651 constant1653 uninterrupted1657 unintermitting1661 solid1662 continuous1751 uninterrupt1776 unbroke1793 unintermittent1850 unbreathing1893 1793 W. Wordsworth Evening Walk 429 The scene is waken'd, yet its peace unbroke, By silver'd wreaths of quiet charcoal smoke. 1808 W. Scott Marmion iii. vi. 138 All gazed at length in silence drear, Unbroke, save when..Some yeoman..whispered forth his mind. 1816 Ld. Byron Siege of Corinth xi. 17 That deep silence was unbroke, Save where the watch his signal spoke. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.a1325 |
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