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单词 unmantle
释义

unmantlev.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈmantl/, U.S. /ˌənˈmæn(t)əl/
Forms: see un- prefix2 and mantle v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix2, mantle v.
Etymology: < un- prefix2 + mantle v.Compare Dutch ontmantelen , Middle High German entmanteln , German entmanteln , entmänteln . In sense 3 after dismantle v.
Now rare.
1.
a. transitive. To remove a mantle or similar garment from (a person or part of the body). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)]
unlidOE
abareOE
discovera1382
uncoverc1410
unwlapa1425
unmantle1598
dismantle1604
uncowl1611
unface1611
unquilt1611
uncase1643
uncap1688
tirl naked1721
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > strip or undress a person > divest of specific garments > cloak or mantle
uncloak1598
unmantle1598
discloak1601
dismantle1605
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Smantellare, to vnmantle, to vncloke.
1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. xvi. 31 They unmantled him of a new Plush Cloak.
1700 A. Boyer Wise & Ingenious Compan. 173 They unmantled him, and my Secretary was content to go home in Cuerpo.
1745 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 86 The new-born babe was shown in a..cradle..under a canopy;..the governess advanced to unmantle it.
a1800 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey x, in tr. Homer Iliad & Odyssey (1802) III. 270 At once obedient, from the ground, Their folded brows unmantling, all arose, And with admiring eyes..the stag survey'd.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. vii. 147 The Earl..affected to resist when she strove to take his cloak from him. ‘Nay,’ she said, ‘but I will unmantle you.’
1843 Metrop. Mag. Aug. 424 She unmantled herself when the last page and waiting damosel were gone past.
b. transitive. figurative. To uncover or reveal (something hidden or concealed).
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)]
unwryc825
unhelec1000
to draw forthc1175
unhillc1200
to bring forth?c1225
unsteekc1250
let witc1275
uncovera1300
wraya1300
knowc1300
barea1325
shrivec1374
unwrapc1374
again-covera1382
nakena1382
outc1390
tellc1390
disclosea1393
cough1393
unhidea1400
unclosec1400
unhaspc1400
bewrayc1405
reveal1409
accusea1413
reveil1424
unlocka1425
unrekec1425
disclude?1440
uncurec1440
utter1444
detect1447
break1463
expose1483
divinec1500
revelate1514
to bring (also put) to light1526
decipher1529
rake1547
rip1549
unshadow1550
to lay to sight1563
uppen1565
unlace1567
unvisor?1571
resign1572
uncloak1574
disshroud1577
spill1577
reap1578
unrip1579
scour1585
unharboura1586
unmask1586
uncase1587
descrya1591
unclasp?1592
unrive1592
discover1594
unburden1594
untomb1594
unhusk1596
dismask1598
to open upc1600
untruss1600
divulge1602
unshale1606
unbrace1607
unveil1609
rave1610
disveil1611
unface1611
unsecret1612
unvizard1620
to open up1624
uncurtain1628
unscreen1628
unbare1630
disenvelop1632
unclothe1632
to lay forth1633
unshroud1633
unmuffle1637
midwife1638
dissecret1640
unseal1640
unmantle1643
to fetch out1644
undisguise1655
disvelop1658
decorticate1660
clash1667
exert1692
disinter1711
to up with1715
unbundlea1739
develop1741
disembosom1745
to open out1814
to let out1833
unsack1846
uncrown1849
to bring (out) in (also into) the open1861
unfrock1866
disbosom1868
to blow the lid off1928
flush1950
surface1955
to take or pull the wraps off1964
1643 Holy Harmony sig. B3v Let who that likes unmantle this fiction by a farther application.
1660 C. Southaick Fames Genius 1/1 Not to unmantle self-end subtilty? But the true Portraicture of honesty.
1728 A. Ramsay Poems II. 36 Ye shady Woods, unmantle and disclose That silent Grove where Strephon does repose.
1754 Female Parl. iii. 45 What will become of those Betrayers of their Country, when Justice unmantles them?
1847 R. Montgomery World of Spirits 39 Now without presuming to unmantle the august secrets which this passage may enshroud, [etc.].
2011 P. Ther in J. F. Fulcher Oxf. Handbk. New Cultural Hist. Music vii. 197 In the Czech lands, Hungary and Poland, it took the work of musical modernists..to unmantle the national canon.
2. intransitive. To take off one's mantle. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (intransitive)] > remove specific garments > cloak or mantle
dismantle1638
unmantle1783
1783 Heroic Epist. Ld. Viscount Sackville 10 Those of inborn worth, with honest pride, Unmant'ling, throw their sully'd robes aside.
1822 A. Cunningham Trad. Tales I. 239 Unmantling as she spoke, [she] turned back to the Towers of Haddon the fairest face that ever left them.
1882 E. G. Scott Devel. Constit. Liberty v. 138 A dozen hands contested the honor of helping the ladies to unmantle.
3. transitive. To dismantle; to strip or take apart.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > damage or injure [verb (transitive)] > damage deliberately or vandalize > gut or remove things from a building, etc.
unripa1513
tirr1553
discover1563
unfloor1589
unpinion1593
unbottom1598
unbrick1598
unpave1598
unroof1598
unslate1598
untop1598
flay1636
unplank1646
gut1688
unmantle1828
1828 W. Scott Tapestried Chamber in Keepsake for 1829 142 Lord Woodville [went] to command the tapstried [sic] chamber to be unmantled, and the door built up.
1924 Cumberland (Maryland) Evening Times 9 July 16/1 Capt. O. H. Queinn..is here to unmantle the De-Haviland airship that was caught in a forced landing.
1964 Statesville (N. Carolina) Record & Landmark 20 June 9/1 The wire section began the job of unmantling telephone lines.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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