单词 | unlid |
释义 | unlidv. transitive. To remove the lid from; (more generally) to uncover, open. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] unlidOE abareOE discovera1382 uncoverc1410 unwlapa1425 unmantle1598 dismantle1604 uncowl1611 unface1611 unquilt1611 uncase1643 uncap1688 tirl naked1721 OE Seven Sleepers (Julius) (1994) 55 Þa feng se portgerefa to þære tege, and he on gewitnysse ealles folces hi uninsæglode, and hi sona unhlidode. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 48 (MED) Þe dom is ful strong to þeo þe þe put vn lideð [a1250 Titus unliden, a1400 Pepys openen], For heo schal ȝelde þe best þet þrin bið ifallen. 1693 R. Lyde True Acct. Retaking of Ship 17 I answered, alle abau, for I don't want your help, and then they..unlid the Scuttle and went down. 1797 Monthly Mirror Nov. 306 Stern Dis, unlidding Evil's last abode. 1819 Mod. Spectator 13 Mar. 144/1 Many a star unlids its sparkling eye. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 116 The pitmen often..'neath many a loosen'd block, Unlid coffins in the rock. 1853 C. Brontë Villette I. xiii. 230 Not a paper but was glanced over, not a little box but was unlidded. 1928 Illustr. London News 4 Feb. 164 (heading) Tutankhamen's canopic chest unlidded. 1954 R. Fuller tr. C. Baudelaire in Coll. Poems 1936–61 (1962) 147 The owls sit in a tidy frieze Like oriental deities, Unlidding their red eyes. 2009 S. Heaney in Poetry Ireland Rev. 98 7 Their bibbed waitress unlids a clinking dish. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.OE |
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