单词 | unhairy |
释义 | unhairyadj. Esp. of a person, animal, or part of the body: not covered with hair; not hairy. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > [adjective] > having no calloweOE balda1400 hairless1552 pilled-skinned1576 unhairy1576 unfeatheredc1600 1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions f. 42v In their other partes their skinne is smothe and vnhayrye, because moysture is aboue heate. 1607 J. Pelling Serm. Providence of God 38 If the partie knew..he would bring stinking rottennesse vpon his filthy hairy, or filthier vnhairy scalp he would neuer haue the heart..to goe on still in his wickednesse. 1828 Edinb. Jrnl. Sci. 9 20 We have hardly a right to question the veracity of Captain Bateman; but no other observer that I am aware of has been so fortunate as to see an unhairy orang-outang. 1980 R. Dahl Twits (2001) 3 An ordinary unhairy face like yours or mine simply gets a bit smudgy if it is not washed often enough. 2009 Financial Times 18 May 16/1 He sometimes wears a hat to disguise his large and noticeably unhairy head. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1576 |
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