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单词 unhung
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unhungadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈhʌŋ/, U.S. /ˌənˈhəŋ/
Etymology: un- prefix1 2b.
1. Not furnished with hangings.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [adjective] > having hangings > not
unhung1648
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Ongehangen, vnhung, or, not Hanged with hangings or tapistry.
1666 S. Pepys Diary 2 Mar. (1972) VII. 64 [Sir P. Warwick] showed me his house, which is yet all unhung, but will be a very noble house indeed.
2.
a. Of persons: Not (yet) executed by hanging. (Cf. unhanged adj.)
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society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [adjective] > hanged > not (yet) hanged
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unhung1841
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > display of pictures > [adjective] > unhung
unhung1875
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Unhung,..not hanged.]
1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. lxvi. 174 One of the greatest scoundrels unhung.
1875 W. S. Gilbert Tom Cobb ii To look upon you as the coolest scamp unhung.
1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto I. 206 The Emperor let the man go unhung.
b. Not hung up (for exhibition).
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1880 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 Aug. 6/1 It is said that much good work [in painting] will remain unhung for want of room.
in extended use.1906 Macmillan's Mag. Feb. 302 Declaiming excitedly because some fragile painter is unhung at the Academy.
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