单词 | unlocking |
释义 | unlockingn. The action or process of unlock v. (in various senses); (also occasionally) an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [noun] > action or process of opening openinga1425 unclosinga1475 reseration1548 unlocking1568 reserating1598 apertion1615 aperture1669 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [noun] undoinga1425 leesingc1440 loosing1482 dissolution1548 unlocking1568 unloosing1578 loosening1598 unbinding1598 untying1598 abstriction1650 unclenching1688 unclinching1688 apoptosis1749 unreeving1775 unloosening1793 the world > action or operation > easiness > [noun] > making easy > freeing from hindrance or encumbrance disburdening1581 deobstruction1664 disburdenment1818 disemburdening1855 unlocking1890 1568 T. Harding Detection Sundrie Foule Errours f. 366 Haile gate of heauen, the ascending vp of al, haile the vnlocking of Paradise gates. 1652 J. Sparrow tr. J. Böhme Of Christs Test. 34 Repentance is an unlocking or stirring of the hidden shut up things of Man. 1798 Llewellin II. ii. 42 It was midnight when the unlocking of the ponderous bolts disturbed my mournful meditations. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 509 The scape-wheel teeth..[being] under-cut for the purpose of avoiding friction..and for safe unlocking. 1890 Retrospect Med. 102 128 The sudden unlocking of abnormal metabolic processes. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 20 Aug. 8/3 The unlocking of the London ghettos. 1957 McKinney (Texas) Daily Courier Gaz. 18 Nov. 2/1 The real answers may lie in the unlocking of some of nature's stubborn mysteries. 2013 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 6 June a23/2 The House Judiciary Committee will hold a much-needed hearing today on cellphone unlocking. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1804 Explan. Escapement Mr Arnold's Time-keeper 2 The discharging or unlocking spring which is attached to the escapement or locking spring. 1850 J. Chubb On Constr. Locks & Keys 25 An unlocking notch in the outer edge of the slider. 1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 276 Unlocking Resistance, the resistance opposed to unlocking..by the draw of the locking faces. 1954 Corpus Christi (Texas) Caller-Times 12 Dec. 16 c/4 Having pressed the button for the waiter in the morning, you press the unlocking button when he arrives with the coffee. 2001 Contact May 34/2 (advt.) Unlocking kit for unlocking Nokia 3210, 3310, 6210, 7110 and 8210. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1568 |
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