单词 | unfathomed |
释义 | unfathomedadj. 1. a. Of unascertained depth; unsounded. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [adjective] > of unascertained depth unplumbed1623 unfathomed1628 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxvii. sig. N3 [The river] at last..inwaues it selfe in the vnfathom'd Ocean. 1637 J. Milton Comus in Wks. (1738) I. p. vii Halfe his wast Flood the wide Atlantique fills, And halfe the slow unfadom'd Stygian Poole. 1703 S. Centlivre Stolen Heiress v. i. 61 Ope' Earth, hide me in thy unfathom'd Womb. 1751 T. Gray Elegy xiv. 8 Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear. 1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab iv. 50 The lovely silence of the unfathomed main. 1873 R. A. Proctor Expanse of Heaven 302 He still saw that cloudy light which speaks of star depths as yet unfathomed. b. In figurative context. (Cf. 2.) ΚΠ a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Spanish Gipsie (1653) iii. sig. F3 A Soule drown'd deepe In the unfathom'd Seas of matchlesse sorrowes. 1684 J. Norris Poems & Disc. 1 Sing the unfathom'd Depths of Love. 1755 E. Young Centaur iv The first moment man quits hold of his Creator, he drops! In distraction and ruin, how unfathomed his fall! 1817 Ld. Byron Manfred i. i. 243 By thy unfathom'd gulfs of guile,..I call upon thee! 1861 W. F. Collier Hist. Eng. Lit. 146 The unfathomed depths of the poet's mind. 2. figurative. Not fully explored or known; unascertained; immense. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > vast, immense, or huge un-i-fohOE ormeteOE hugea1275 un-i-feiec1275 infinitec1385 ponderousa1400 hugeful1413 hugyc1420 thrice1470 felon?a1500 hugeousa1529 enormous1544 enormc1560 fell1586 prodigious1601 immensive1604 colossic1607 monumental1632 vast1637 unfathomed1659 colossal1664 ponderose1680 heroic1785 colossian1794 pyramidal1849 astronomical1871 astronomic1923 stratospheric1932 cosmic1935 ginormous1942 galactic1960 mega1968 humongous1970 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > that which is unknown > [adjective] uncouthc897 neweOE fremdc950 unknownOE unseena1200 unketha1275 unkedc1275 strange13.. disguisyc1330 unknowedc1380 aliena1382 unhearda1382 unkenneda1400 ranishc1400 ignorant?a1475 unwittenc1485 unbekend1513 unacquainted1551 unkent1579 unwitted1582 unfamiliar1593 unsounded1594 incognite1609 ignote1623 in the urn1658 unfathomed1659 unexperienced1698 unknown-of1700 undiscovered1707 inaudite1708 darka1727 unascertained1751 unwist1757 unknownst1805 unbeknown1824 unbeknownst1848 unsampled1890 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > state of being unprovable > [adjective] > not investigated or explained undiscovereda1542 uncleared1592 uncertain1617 indeterminate1626 uncircumstantial1646 unfathomed1659 unexcussed1660 unanalysed1754 uncircumstanced1766 unaccreditated1806 unelucidateda1832 undescribed1852 1659 T. Pecke Parnassi Puerperium 181 Nature in the un~fathom'd Stagyrite, Compos'd a Body, abject to the sight. 1688 M. Prior Ode Exod. iii. 14 vi Man does with dangerous Curiosity These unfathom'd Wonders try. 1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 538 When in him reside Grace, knowledge, comfort—an unfathom'd store. 1809 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 61 If the mere acquiescence in truth, uncomprehended and unfathomed, were sufficient. 1897 Atlantic Monthly 79 35 That was the thought of the unfathomed might of man. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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