单词 | unriveted |
释义 | unrivetedadj. No longer fixed or fastened with rivets; undone. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1574 B. Rich Right Exelent Dialogue Mercury & Eng. Souldier sig. H.iv What vnseemlyer sighte may there be when a Souldier shall come into the Feelde with his Armour all rustye, the ioyntes vnriueted, the Leather and Buckels all broken [etc.]. 1827 T. C. Grattan High-ways & By-ways 3rd Ser. II. 253 The machinery had all gone wrong, the unrivetted wheels spun round with the unimaginable speed of those of Phœbus's chariot. 1905 G. F. Williams in Journalism (N.Y. Press Club) 66 A pair of unriveted and useless scissor blades. 1995 New Yorker 6 Nov. 125/1 The class, which had begun so well, with everyone joining in and expounding, had come unriveted. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1574 |
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