† unloukv.

Forms: see un- prefix² and louk v.¹; also Old English onlece (Northumbrian, 2nd singular past indicative), Middle English ounlekes (past tense, probably transmission error), Middle English vlouken (past participle, transmission error), Middle English vnkek (past tense, transmission error), Middle English vnlyke (past tense, perhaps transmission error).

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Dutch antlūkan to unlock, to cause to open (Middle Dutch ontlūken , ontluiken , Dutch †ontluiken , also ‘to reveal, disclose’), Old Saxon andlūkan to cause to open, to reveal, disclose (Middle Low German entlūken to unlock, to cause to open), Old High German antlūhhan , inlūhhan , intlūhhan to unlock, to cause to open, (reflexive) to open (Middle High German entlūchen to unlock, to cause to open, (reflexive) entlouchen to open) < the Germanic base of un- prefix² (compare and- prefix) + the Germanic base of louk v.¹ Compare unlock v.The Old English (Northumbrian) past tense form onlece (see quot. OE¹ at sense 2a) shows extension of the vowel of the 1st and 3rd singular to other persons and numbers (see A. Campbell Old Eng. Gram. (1959) §740). The Middle English form ounlekes (see quot. c1380² at sense 1a) is written with a flourish (perhaps an abbreviation mark) in the manuscript, and could alternatively be read as ounleke or ounlek (compare quot. c1380¹ and Forms 2a at louk v.¹).

Obsolete.

a. transitive. To undo or unfasten (a gate, door, window, etc.); to unlock. Also figurative and in figurative contexts. Also intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > a door, gate, etc. > unlock, unbolt, etc.

undoc950

unloukOE

unsparc1175

unsteekc1250

unpinc1300

unshutc1315

loosec1400

unbarc1400

unlockc1400

open?a1425

unbolt1598

unlatchc1625

unpadlock1769

unsneck1785

undub1807

unslot1827

unsnib1905

snick1927

OE tr. Chrodegang of Metz Regula Canonicorum (Corpus Cambr. 191) x. 195 Þæs gimen beo þæt he preosta gatu..alyfedum tidum luce and unluce, þæt man næbbe infær ne utfær butan leafe.

lOE Homily: Gospel of Nicodemus (Vesp. D.xiv) in R. D.-N. Warner Early Eng. Homilies (1917) 78 Annas and Caiphas and ealla heora lyðre geferen,..comen to þan cwarterne & þa locan unsegeloden, & mid þan cæigen þa locan unlucan.

a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 127 Þet is þet [loc] þeðe deofel ne con unlucan.

a1300 Vision St. Paul (Jesus Oxf.) 9 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 147 Hwo haueþ helle dure vnloke Þat þu ert of pyne ibroke.

c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) l. 3152 Hii vn-lek þe ȝate at þe frome.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (Ashm.) f. 17 Þe keyes sche tok of him anon & ounlek þe dore an haste.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1264 Florippe hure drow to anoþer part & þar an dore ounlekes [probably read ounlek] þat drow to þe putte ward & doun in the pyt sche strekes [probably read strek].

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xviii. l. 313 Efte þe liȝte bad vnlouke & Lucifer answered, ‘What lorde artow?’

a1450 St. Edith (Faust.) (1883) l. 4510 When alle þe ȝates of þe castelle weron vnloke.

c1450 (?a1422) J. Lydgate Life Our Lady (Durh.) (1961) vi. l. 70 Of her wombe, the cloyster virgynall, Was euere liche, bothe firste and laste, Closed and shette as castell principall..In hir childyng no more thorugh grace broke At hir conceyvyng than it was vnloke.

a1500 (c1400) St. Erkenwald (1977) l. 67 (MED) Þe maire..Bede vnlouke þe lidde and lay hit byside; Þai wolde loke on þat lome quat lengyd wytinne.

b. transitive. In extended use. To open or cause to open; to cause to separate or part. Also in figurative contexts. Cf. unlock v. 4a.In quot. 1340 at sense 3: to split (something) apart; cf. sense 3.

ΚΠ

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. l. 425 So that his lippes ben unloke And his corage is al tobroke.

c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. x. 143 (MED) Lewede eremytes..loken ful louheliche to lacchen mennes almesse, In hope to sitten at euen by the hote coles, Vnlouke hus legges abrod oþer lygge at hus ese.

?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 24 Oure fflescly eyn byn al vnlokyn, Nakyd for synne ouresylf we se.

2. figurative.

a. transitive. To expound, explain, interpret; to declare; (also) to reveal, disclose. Cf. unlock v. 1d.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > expound, explain [verb (transitive)]

arecchec885

unloukOE

overrunOE

sutelec1000

trahtnec1000

unfolda1050

belayc1175

openc1175

onopena1200

accountc1300

undo?a1366

remenea1382

interpret1382

unwrap1387

exploitc1390

enlumine1393

declarec1400

expoundc1400

unplait?c1400

enperc1420

planea1425

clearc1440

exponec1440

to lay outc1440

to give (also carry) lightc1449

unwind1482

expose1483

reducea1500

manifest1530

explicate1531

explaina1535

unlock?1536

dilucidate1538

elucidate1538

illustrate1538

rechec1540

explicate1543

illucidate1545

enucleate1548

unsnarl1555

commonstrate1563

to lay forth1577

straighten1577

unbroid1577

untwist1577

decipherc1586

illuminate1586

enlighten1587

resolvec1592

cipher1594

eliquidate1596

to take (a person) with one1599

rivelc1600

ravel1604

unbowel1606

unmist1611

extricate1614

unbolta1616

untanglea1616

enode1623

unperplexa1631

perspicuate1634

explata1637

unravel1637

esclarea1639

clarify1642

unweave1642

detenebrate1646

dismystery1652

undecipher1654

unfork1654

unparadox1654

reflect1655

enodate1656

unmysterya1661

liquidatea1670

recognize1676

to clear upa1691

to throw sidelight on1726

to throw (also cast, shed) light on (also upon)1731

eclaircise1754

irradiate1864

unbraid1880

predigest1905

to get (something) straight1920

disambiguate1960

demystify1963

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > interpret [verb (transitive)]

unloukOE

areadOE

spele?c1225

inredec1315

expounda1340

construe1399

interpretate1517

explain1538

scan1562

disentraverse1610

unspherea1616

explicate1628

spell1635

disenvelop1741

extract1775

interpret1795

clarify1823

to read between the lines1866

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > interpretation of dreams > interpret [verb (transitive)]

unloukOE

areadOE

undo?a1366

expound1375

cast1382

rechec1540

redec1640

OE (Northumbrian) Liturgical Texts (Durham Ritual) in A. H. Thompson & U. Lindelöf Rituale Ecclesiae Dunelmensis (1927) 46 Deus qui per os beati apostoli tui iohannis uerbi tui nobis archana reserasti : god se ðe ðerh eadges apostol' ðines ioh' uordes ðines us gidegla eft ðu onlece.

OE Exodus 530 He us ma onlyhð, nu us boceras beteran secgað lengran lyft wynna [read lifwynna].

c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 54 Nou ich wolle ondo þys eft By þe wey of mystyke;..Nou lestlich schel ich on-louke þys.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) Prol. l. 654 (MED) That swevene hath Daniel unloke.

c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) l. 69 Ac whi Ich habbe hem þus vnleke Ȝee shullen me after her speke.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xvi. 204 If I here it spokyn..Youre branys bese brokyn; Therfor be ye bayn. Nothyng bese vnlokyn; It shal be so playn.

?1548 W. Kethe Tye thy Mare Tom Boye sig. Avii^v This mare now open I must nedes declare her Her name to vnloken.

b. transitive. To bring into action or operation; to release, set free.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > find no difficulty in [verb (transitive)] > make easy or easier > facilitate the progress of

unloukOE

to open a gate for1548

OE Genesis A (1931) 2753 Him engla helm getigðode, tuddorsped onleac folccyninge freora and þeowra, wera and wifa.

a1425 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Cambr. Ff.5.35) (1873) C. ii. l. 198 Vnlowketh [c1400 Huntington HM 137 Þat is þe lok of loue þat vnloseþ grace].

a1450 ( in J. Kail 26 Polit. Poems (1904) 53 (MED) Let wysdom be vnloken, Apert and preuyly to rowne.

a1500 (c1400) St. Erkenwald (1977) l. 162 (MED) Hit is meruaile to men..Quen Hym luste to vnlouke þe leste of His myȝtes.

c. transitive. To extract, draw out.

ΚΠ

c1390 Castle of Love (Vernon) (1967) l. 77 [Who] con þat muchel of luitel vnlouken,..Alle poyntes he fynde may Of vre beleeue.

d. transitive. To dissolve, destroy; to put an end to.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)]

to bring to noughteOE

forspillc893

fordilghec900

to bring to naughtOE

astryea1200

stroyc1200

forferec1275

misdoa1325

destroyc1330

naught1340

dingc1380

beshenda1400

devoida1400

unshapea1400

to wend downa1400

brittenc1400

unloukc1400

perishc1426

defeat1435

unmake1439

lithc1450

spend1481

kill1530

to shend ofc1540

quade1565

to make away1566

discreate1570

wrake1570

wracka1586

unwork1587

gaster1609

defease1621

unbe1624

uncreate1633

destructa1638

naufragate1648

stifle1725

stramash1788

disannul1794

destructify1841

locust1868

to knock out1944

dick1972

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xviii. l. 255 But ihesus rise to lyue,..And conforte al his kynne..And al þe iuwen ioye vnioignen & vnlouken.

c1475 (c1450) P. Idley Instr. to his Son (Cambr.) (1935) i. 490 (MED) I sey that a vowe in no wyse is broken That for the better is leefullie vnloken.

3. intransitive. To open, divide; to split apart.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > become open [verb (intransitive)]

openOE

undo1122

unlouk1340

unfoldc1350

unshut1390

unclosea1398

opena1400

waltc1400

unstopc1440

twirl?1523

disclosec1586

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 67 Vor þise zenne onleak [Fr. se ouvri] þe erþe and uorzualȝ datan and abyron, and villen doun al kuic in-to helle.

c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 121 Ine flom iordanes syche He was ycrystned, þe heuene onleake.

c1450 (a1400) Libeaus Desconus (Calig. A.ii) (1969) l. 1816 Þat deys be-gan to schake,..Þe rof aboue vn-lek.., As hyt wolde asonder.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	unlouk
释义	† unloukv. Forms: see un- prefix² and louk v.¹; also Old English onlece (Northumbrian, 2nd singular past indicative), Middle English ounlekes (past tense, probably transmission error), Middle English vlouken (past participle, transmission error), Middle English vnkek (past tense, transmission error), Middle English vnlyke (past tense, perhaps transmission error). Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Dutch antlūkan to unlock, to cause to open (Middle Dutch ontlūken , ontluiken , Dutch †ontluiken , also ‘to reveal, disclose’), Old Saxon andlūkan to cause to open, to reveal, disclose (Middle Low German entlūken to unlock, to cause to open), Old High German antlūhhan , inlūhhan , intlūhhan to unlock, to cause to open, (reflexive) to open (Middle High German entlūchen to unlock, to cause to open, (reflexive) entlouchen to open) < the Germanic base of un- prefix² (compare and- prefix) + the Germanic base of louk v.¹ Compare unlock v.The Old English (Northumbrian) past tense form onlece (see quot. OE¹ at sense 2a) shows extension of the vowel of the 1st and 3rd singular to other persons and numbers (see A. Campbell Old Eng. Gram. (1959) §740). The Middle English form ounlekes (see quot. c1380² at sense 1a) is written with a flourish (perhaps an abbreviation mark) in the manuscript, and could alternatively be read as ounleke or ounlek (compare quot. c1380¹ and Forms 2a at louk v.¹). Obsolete. 1. a. transitive. To undo or unfasten (a gate, door, window, etc.); to unlock. Also figurative and in figurative contexts. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > a door, gate, etc. > unlock, unbolt, etc. undoc950 unloukOE unsparc1175 unsteekc1250 unpinc1300 unshutc1315 loosec1400 unbarc1400 unlockc1400 open?a1425 unbolt1598 unlatchc1625 unpadlock1769 unsneck1785 undub1807 unslot1827 unsnib1905 snick1927 OE tr. Chrodegang of Metz Regula Canonicorum (Corpus Cambr. 191) x. 195 Þæs gimen beo þæt he preosta gatu..alyfedum tidum luce and unluce, þæt man næbbe infær ne utfær butan leafe. lOE Homily: Gospel of Nicodemus (Vesp. D.xiv) in R. D.-N. Warner Early Eng. Homilies (1917) 78 Annas and Caiphas and ealla heora lyðre geferen,..comen to þan cwarterne & þa locan unsegeloden, & mid þan cæigen þa locan unlucan. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 127 Þet is þet [loc] þeðe deofel ne con unlucan. a1300 Vision St. Paul (Jesus Oxf.) 9 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 147 Hwo haueþ helle dure vnloke Þat þu ert of pyne ibroke. c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) l. 3152 Hii vn-lek þe ȝate at þe frome. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (Ashm.) f. 17 Þe keyes sche tok of him anon & ounlek þe dore an haste. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1264 Florippe hure drow to anoþer part & þar an dore ounlekes [probably read ounlek] þat drow to þe putte ward & doun in the pyt sche strekes [probably read strek]. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xviii. l. 313 Efte þe liȝte bad vnlouke & Lucifer answered, ‘What lorde artow?’ a1450 St. Edith (Faust.) (1883) l. 4510 When alle þe ȝates of þe castelle weron vnloke. c1450 (?a1422) J. Lydgate Life Our Lady (Durh.) (1961) vi. l. 70 Of her wombe, the cloyster virgynall, Was euere liche, bothe firste and laste, Closed and shette as castell principall..In hir childyng no more thorugh grace broke At hir conceyvyng than it was vnloke. a1500 (c1400) St. Erkenwald (1977) l. 67 (MED) Þe maire..Bede vnlouke þe lidde and lay hit byside; Þai wolde loke on þat lome quat lengyd wytinne. b. transitive. In extended use. To open or cause to open; to cause to separate or part. Also in figurative contexts. Cf. unlock v. 4a.In quot. 1340 at sense 3: to split (something) apart; cf. sense 3. ΚΠ a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. l. 425 So that his lippes ben unloke And his corage is al tobroke. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. x. 143 (MED) Lewede eremytes..loken ful louheliche to lacchen mennes almesse, In hope to sitten at euen by the hote coles, Vnlouke hus legges abrod oþer lygge at hus ese. ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 24 Oure fflescly eyn byn al vnlokyn, Nakyd for synne ouresylf we se. 2. figurative. a. transitive. To expound, explain, interpret; to declare; (also) to reveal, disclose. Cf. unlock v. 1d. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > expound, explain [verb (transitive)] arecchec885 unloukOE overrunOE sutelec1000 trahtnec1000 unfolda1050 belayc1175 openc1175 onopena1200 accountc1300 undo?a1366 remenea1382 interpret1382 unwrap1387 exploitc1390 enlumine1393 declarec1400 expoundc1400 unplait?c1400 enperc1420 planea1425 clearc1440 exponec1440 to lay outc1440 to give (also carry) lightc1449 unwind1482 expose1483 reducea1500 manifest1530 explicate1531 explaina1535 unlock?1536 dilucidate1538 elucidate1538 illustrate1538 rechec1540 explicate1543 illucidate1545 enucleate1548 unsnarl1555 commonstrate1563 to lay forth1577 straighten1577 unbroid1577 untwist1577 decipherc1586 illuminate1586 enlighten1587 resolvec1592 cipher1594 eliquidate1596 to take (a person) with one1599 rivelc1600 ravel1604 unbowel1606 unmist1611 extricate1614 unbolta1616 untanglea1616 enode1623 unperplexa1631 perspicuate1634 explata1637 unravel1637 esclarea1639 clarify1642 unweave1642 detenebrate1646 dismystery1652 undecipher1654 unfork1654 unparadox1654 reflect1655 enodate1656 unmysterya1661 liquidatea1670 recognize1676 to clear upa1691 to throw sidelight on1726 to throw (also cast, shed) light on (also upon)1731 eclaircise1754 irradiate1864 unbraid1880 predigest1905 to get (something) straight1920 disambiguate1960 demystify1963 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > interpret [verb (transitive)] unloukOE areadOE spele?c1225 inredec1315 expounda1340 construe1399 interpretate1517 explain1538 scan1562 disentraverse1610 unspherea1616 explicate1628 spell1635 disenvelop1741 extract1775 interpret1795 clarify1823 read1847 to read between the lines1866 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > interpretation of dreams > interpret [verb (transitive)] unloukOE areadOE undo?a1366 expound1375 cast1382 rechec1540 read1587 redec1640 OE (Northumbrian) Liturgical Texts (Durham Ritual) in A. H. Thompson & U. Lindelöf Rituale Ecclesiae Dunelmensis (1927) 46 Deus qui per os beati apostoli tui iohannis uerbi tui nobis archana reserasti : god se ðe ðerh eadges apostol' ðines ioh' uordes ðines us gidegla eft ðu onlece. OE Exodus 530 He us ma onlyhð, nu us boceras beteran secgað lengran lyft wynna [read lifwynna]. c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 54 Nou ich wolle ondo þys eft By þe wey of mystyke;..Nou lestlich schel ich on-louke þys. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) Prol. l. 654 (MED) That swevene hath Daniel unloke. c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) l. 69 Ac whi Ich habbe hem þus vnleke Ȝee shullen me after her speke. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xvi. 204 If I here it spokyn..Youre branys bese brokyn; Therfor be ye bayn. Nothyng bese vnlokyn; It shal be so playn. ?1548 W. Kethe Tye thy Mare Tom Boye sig. Avii^v This mare now open I must nedes declare her Her name to vnloken. b. transitive. To bring into action or operation; to release, set free. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > find no difficulty in [verb (transitive)] > make easy or easier > facilitate the progress of unloukOE to open a gate for1548 OE Genesis A (1931) 2753 Him engla helm getigðode, tuddorsped onleac folccyninge freora and þeowra, wera and wifa. a1425 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Cambr. Ff.5.35) (1873) C. ii. l. 198 Vnlowketh [c1400 Huntington HM 137 Þat is þe lok of loue þat vnloseþ grace]. a1450 ( in J. Kail 26 Polit. Poems (1904) 53 (MED) Let wysdom be vnloken, Apert and preuyly to rowne. a1500 (c1400) St. Erkenwald (1977) l. 162 (MED) Hit is meruaile to men..Quen Hym luste to vnlouke þe leste of His myȝtes. c. transitive. To extract, draw out. ΚΠ c1390 Castle of Love (Vernon) (1967) l. 77 [Who] con þat muchel of luitel vnlouken,..Alle poyntes he fynde may Of vre beleeue. d. transitive. To dissolve, destroy; to put an end to. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] to bring to noughteOE forspillc893 fordilghec900 to bring to naughtOE astryea1200 stroyc1200 forferec1275 misdoa1325 destroyc1330 naught1340 dingc1380 beshenda1400 devoida1400 unshapea1400 to wend downa1400 brittenc1400 unloukc1400 perishc1426 defeat1435 unmake1439 lithc1450 spend1481 kill1530 to shend ofc1540 quade1565 to make away1566 discreate1570 wrake1570 wracka1586 unwork1587 gaster1609 defease1621 unbe1624 uncreate1633 destructa1638 naufragate1648 stifle1725 stramash1788 disannul1794 destructify1841 locust1868 to knock out1944 dick1972 c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xviii. l. 255 But ihesus rise to lyue,..And conforte al his kynne..And al þe iuwen ioye vnioignen & vnlouken. c1475 (c1450) P. Idley Instr. to his Son (Cambr.) (1935) i. 490 (MED) I sey that a vowe in no wyse is broken That for the better is leefullie vnloken. 3. intransitive. To open, divide; to split apart. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > become open [verb (intransitive)] openOE undo1122 unlouk1340 unfoldc1350 unshut1390 unclosea1398 opena1400 waltc1400 unstopc1440 twirl?1523 disclosec1586 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 67 Vor þise zenne onleak [Fr. se ouvri] þe erþe and uorzualȝ datan and abyron, and villen doun al kuic in-to helle. c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 121 Ine flom iordanes syche He was ycrystned, þe heuene onleake. c1450 (a1400) Libeaus Desconus (Calig. A.ii) (1969) l. 1816 Þat deys be-gan to schake,..Þe rof aboue vn-lek.., As hyt wolde asonder. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.OE
随便看	let rest let rine let rip let rip a fart let run let see let see etc let see how let see if let see something let see what let see whether let set to hire let shift let sleeping a sleeping dog lie let sleeping dogs lie let slide let slip let slip through one's fingers let someone rip let something overpass let something pass let something pass in silence let something rest let something ride