单词 | unprotected |
释义 | unprotectedadj. 1. Not protected from harm, damage, or attack; defenceless, vulnerable. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > exposed to danger > vulnerable > unprotected nakedeOE openeOE yemelesc897 bare1297 unarmed1297 berghlessa1325 subjectc1384 undefensablec1412 unfencible1513 defenceless1532 wide open?1544 undefended1564 unfended1576 indefensive1586 undefensive1587 fenceless1594 unprotected1597 undefensible1616 unscreened1648 defendless1738 uncovereda1795 screenless1837 undefendable1938 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. i. 4 Such euils..as men either destitute of grace diuine may commit, or vnprotected from aboue indure. 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iv. xiv. 237 The sheep..becomes the unprotected Prey To the wing'd Squadron of beleagring flies. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. xxiii. 97 A defenceless unprotected woman. 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. iv. 131 The idea of leaving his family unprotected. 1839 W. A. Chatto Treat. Wood Engraving viii. 715 The plate is surrounded with a wall,..and aquafortis being poured upon it, all the unprotected parts are corroded. 1879 J. Lubbock Sci. Lect. ii. 41 It might be an advantage to a flower which was quite unprotected, to open early for the bees. 1928 Motor-Cycling 11 Jan. 240/1 An objection frequently raised against it, is that the Sidcot leaves the ankles entirely unprotected. 1986 R. Repetto World Enough & Time iv. 86 Some critical unprotected habitats are also rapidly disappearing. 2002 Time 9 Dec. 36/1 Small-scale attacks on unprotected targets with simple weapons don't need the direct approval of superiors. 2. Esp. of a machine or mechanism: not covered or fitted with a safeguard. ΚΠ 1825 M. Edgeworth Harry & Lucy Concluded in Wks. XIII. 166 The safety lamp..completely prevents the fatal accidents that formerly occurred from the explosion of inflammable vapours, when ignited by the unprotected flame of a candle. 1888 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 25 Feb. 434/1 The majority of the others [sc. deaths] were attributed to unprotected machinery and faulty construction of tramways. 1919 Machinery Aug. 267 (advt.) Serious and fatal accidents occur daily from unprotected switches. 1995 Canad. Forum May 46/3 Children..had their hands mangled when forced to oil and clean unprotected mill machines while they were still running. 3. Designating sexual activity without contraception or (esp.) without protection against sexually transmitted infection. Chiefly in unprotected sex. Cf. unsafe adj. Additions. ΚΠ 1910 Mil. Surg. 27 643 As a result of these unprotected contacts one [man] contracted syphilis, 26 gonorrhoea [printed gonirrhoea] and 12 chancroids. 1946 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 5 Oct. 522/1 If she [sc. a woman with syphilis] marries soon she should avoid ‘unprotected’ sexual intercourse. 1973 Family Planning Perspectives 5 71/3 For every girl who becomes pregnant before 16, there must be 10 who have the same amount of unprotected sex and escape pregnancy by chance. 1986 Los Angeles Times (Electronic text) 23 Oct. ii. 6 The Koop report recognizes and underscores the danger to all people from unprotected sexual contact—without a condom. 2004 Cosmo Girl Aug. 11/2 If you've ever had unprotected sex get an STI test. 4. Computing. Of data, a location, or a device: accessible or usable by anyone, without restriction; not requiring any authorization. ΚΠ 1966 A. Opler in Programming IBM Syst./360 (Computer Usage Company) i. 5 A 32K-byte protected memory might look like this (shaded areas are unprotected). 1983 InfoWorld (Nexis) 24 Oct. 6 The proposed solution calls for software publishers to give United Computer a master disk of every unprotected program. 2004 H. Kunzru Transmission (2005) 113 Since the first virus crept on to the first unprotected hard drive. 2009 Independent 1 Apr. (Life section) 9/3 The Conficker worm, a malicious piece of software that's been infecting unprotected Windows PCs to create the world's largest botnet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1597 |
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