单词 | unburnished |
释义 | unburnishedadj. (un- prefix1 2.) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > reflection > [adjective] > lustrous or shining with reflected light > not unburnished1691 1691 London Gaz. No. 2654/4. 7 Silver Tankards, one unburnished weighing about 32 Ounces. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc vii. 40 Their bucklers lay Unburnish'd and defiled. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Ulysses in Poems (new ed.) II. 89 How dull it is to pause, to make an end, To rust unburnish'd, not to shine in use! 1894 Daily News 11 Nov. 5/2 An olive branch in old unburnished gold is..thrown across the oak branches. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1691 |
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