单词 | unmarshalled |
释义 | unmarshalledunmarshaledadj. Not marshalled; not organized or ordered. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > [adjective] > formed or forming in battle array > not unarrayedc1340 unmarshalled1642 unregimented1673 clubbed1876 1642 Round-head Uncovered 7 Admitting the State or Religion were in perill, would it stand with honour of either of them to accept of their preservation from an unmarshalled and disorderly Rout of Round-heads? 1655 C. Edmondes Manner Mod. Training (new ed.) 10 in Observ. Caesar's Comm. (rev. ed.) Diverse souldiers, as unacquainted both with the manner and the value thereof, do think a heap of people unmartialled, to be as available for a great designe, as any other number distinguished in files and parts. 1767 W. L. Lewis tr. Statius Thebaid II. xii. 906 Ev'ry Plain To Combate sends a rude, unmarshall'd Train. 1859 in W. G. Baker Christian Lawyer viii. 162 Wherefore have I slumbered on, With my forces all unmarshaled, with my weapons all undrawn? 1895 A. Austin In Veronica's Garden (1896) 125 The rooks were returning from the Marsh, and were passing over our heads in unmarshalled myriads. 1944 Boys' Life Dec. 11/1 Now the skies were filled with an unmarshalled swarm of aircraft. 1989 Winterthur Portfolio 24 288/1 An unmarshaled attempt to fashion a popular history of American democracy in which the demos had a leading role. 2006 Guardian (Nexis) 30 June 12 A torrent of intriguing, but unmarshalled ideas. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1642 |
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