单词 | unlanguaged |
释义 | unlanguagedadj. 1. Lacking knowledge of language or languages; lacking the ability to speak. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [adjective] > unable to speak dumbc1000 speechlessc1290 mute?a1439 unlanguaged1654 lock-jawed1798 1654 W. Davenant in Earl of Monmouth tr. G. Bentivoglio Compl. Hist. Warrs Flanders sig. bv The ceaseless nature of your Kindness then, Still ready to inform un-languag'd Men, Deserves less Praise [etc.]. 1850 H. Bushnell God in Christ i. 11 There is no difficulty in perceiving how our two unlanguaged men will proceed. 1918 C. Wheeler Yesterdays in Busy Life ii. 47 Some unlanguaged soul which dwells within and may never find a voice. 2016 J. Margolis Towards Metaphysics of Culture i. 6 The invention of language entails the invention of conceptual possibilities of understanding and purposive action inaccessible to unlanguaged creatures. 2. That is not or cannot be expressed or articulated through language; (also) that does not constitute speech or language. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [adjective] > not mentioned unsaidc1000 untouchedc1380 untoldc1386 unreckoneda1425 undescrived1435 unrehearsedc1443 unrecitedc1487 unrecountedc1487 unspoken1487 unpronounced1496 unconfesseda1500 indiscussed1534 unmentioned1545 unpreachedc1555 unexpressed1561 unquoted1567 undescribed1575 unreported1576 unrepeated1577 uncited1581 unalleged1587 undelated1597 untalked1599 unspoke1608 unrelated1611 unuttered1651 unimparted1655 unlanguaged1677 uncommented1751 unchanted1820 unwhispered1821 unbreatheda1827 unpoetized1831 unenounceda1856 unvoiced1859 unworded1860 unstated1864 unadmitted1895 the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > inarticulate indistinct > of speech thicka1398 clipped1483 unlanguaged1677 slurred1746 slithering1840 slurring1848 mushmouth1902 mushmouthed1909 slurry1937 side-of-the-mouth1939 1677 R. Whitcombe Janua Divorum 96 Such strange unlanguag'd Joys does Love dispence. 1846–8 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. ii. Introd. Let. The unlanguaged prattlings of infants. 1860 F. W. Faber Bethlehem 100 To what numberless unlanguaged and unsung Magnificats did not all this give rise. 1921 Atlantic Monthly May 613/2 I..sit in the silvered shadows with little bewildered shrimps flicking against me, and unlanguaged thoughts come and go—impossible similes, too poignant phrases to be stopped and fettered with words. 1997 ELH 64 109 In the midst of such unlanguaged cacophany [sic], Isaiah counsels, ‘Seek ye out the book of the Lord, and read’. 2012 J. Altschuler Counselling & Psychotherapy for Families in Times of Illness & Death (ed. 2) ii. 30 Particularly where the thoughts and feeling we have are deeply troubling, they tend to be transmitted in an unlanguaged way, through gesture, eye contact and the ways in which we speak. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1654 |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。