unravellingunravelingn.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈravl̩ɪŋ/,

/(ˌ)ʌnˈrav(ə)lɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌənˈræv(ə)lɪŋ/

Forms: 1600s vnraueling, 1600s– unravelling, 1700s– unraveling (now chiefly U.S.).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unravel v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < unravel v. + -ing suffix¹.

The action of unravel v.; an instance of this. Also: something unravelled (from a woven fabric, a web, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > [noun] > incohesion > disaggregation or disintegration

unravelling1606

disgregation1611

disintegration1794

break-up1795

disaggregation1819

breaking-down1883

break-away1885

breakdown1928

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [noun] > untwisting or unravelling

untwisting1591

unravelling1606

unplaiting1611

unweaving1706

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > plot > dénouement

untying1598

unravelling1606

discovery1668

unravelment1705

dénouement1752

resolution1846

pay-off1947

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [noun]

keyeOE

undoinga1330

expositiona1340

declarationc1374

declaringc1374

clearingc1380

expoundingc1380

explanationa1382

interpretation1382

exploitingc1390

unfolding1483

explicating1531

explication1537

clearance?1548

elucidation1570

explaining1576

manifestation1576

untwining1577

illustration1581

untwisting1591

eviscerating1599

unclouding1601

enodation1603

opening1611

dilucidation1615

unsnarling1640

declarement1646

enucleation1650

illumination1656

dilucidatinga1660

luciferousness1665

clarifying1677

unravelling1713

disentanglement1751

exegesis1770

disambiguation1827

evisceration1831

keyword1848

clarificationa1866

exponence1880

exponency1880

straightening1900

demystification1964

1606 T. Dekker Newes from Hell sig. D1^v When..the bottome of my Patrimony came within 200. pound of vnraueling.

1641 R. Greville Nature of Truth 76 To him was committed the unravelling of all the difficult knots.

1668 J. Dryden Of Dramatick Poesie 16 The Catastrophe, which..the French [call] le denouement, and we the discovery or unravelling of the Plot.

1713 T. Birch in Guardian 22 Apr. 1/2 Are not..all their pompous Distinctions only so many Unravelings of Double Meanings?

1767 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IX. xxxi. As if it had been spun from the unravellings of a spider's web.

1801 H. Lee Canterbury Tales IV. 455 A mystery, the unravelling of which..engaged all my attention.

1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. v. 102 The mental exercise..involved in the unravelling of a language.

1925 Redbook May 164/2 From his unraveling of what they said, he gathered that his wife, in her anguish, had felt the need to confide in some one.

1976 Ebony Oct. 29 The racial unrest and disaffection of Afro-Americanism..is essentially the unraveling of the art and expression of black writers of the 1960s.

2008 Daily Tel. 15 Dec. (Business section) b2/3 They could not foresee the unravelling of losses from these institutions.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

unravellingunravelingadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈravl̩ɪŋ/,

/(ˌ)ʌnˈrav(ə)lɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌənˈræv(ə)lɪŋ/

Forms: 1700s– unraveling (now chiefly U.S.), 1700s– unravelling.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unravel v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < unravel v. + -ing suffix².

That unravels (in various senses). Also: that unravels or disentangles something.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > uncoiling or unwinding > [adjective]

unravelling1711

uncurling1728

1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. iii. i. 134 He has hitherto, methinks, kept up his sapping Method and unravelling Humour.

1765 J. Reynolds in S. Johnson Plays of Shakespeare VIII. App. sig. Ll4/2 When the sentiment is brought to this state, the commentator, without this unraveling clue, expounds piercing the heart, in its common acceptation, wounding the heart.

1827 J. Montgomery Pelican Island iii. 77 The unravelling clew not for a moment lost Hold of the silent hand that drew it out.

1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma xv. 49 Pug..brings the lately rushing, clamorous pack to a more plodding, pains-taking, unravelling sort of performance.

1933 E. Partridge Slang To-day & Yesterday i. iv. 36 An expressive adjective, or a second-sighted noun, an unravelling or illuminating verb.

1985 A. Lurie Foreign Affairs viii. 186 A short plump man..with an unravelling brown sweater.

2012 D. Park Light of Amsterdam xiii. 279 The place would be a wash of tears with too many unravelling memories spooling out.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unravelling
释义	unravellingunravelingn. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈravl̩ɪŋ/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈrav(ə)lɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənˈræv(ə)lɪŋ/ Forms: 1600s vnraueling, 1600s– unravelling, 1700s– unraveling (now chiefly U.S.). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unravel v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < unravel v. + -ing suffix¹. The action of unravel v.; an instance of this. Also: something unravelled (from a woven fabric, a web, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > [noun] > incohesion > disaggregation or disintegration unravelling1606 disgregation1611 disintegration1794 break-up1795 disaggregation1819 breaking-down1883 break-away1885 breakdown1928 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [noun] > untwisting or unravelling untwisting1591 unravelling1606 unplaiting1611 unweaving1706 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > plot > dénouement untying1598 unravelling1606 discovery1668 unravelment1705 dénouement1752 resolution1846 pay-off1947 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [noun] keyeOE undoinga1330 expositiona1340 declarationc1374 declaringc1374 clearingc1380 expoundingc1380 explanationa1382 interpretation1382 exploitingc1390 unfolding1483 explicating1531 explication1537 clearance?1548 elucidation1570 explaining1576 manifestation1576 untwining1577 illustration1581 untwisting1591 eviscerating1599 unclouding1601 enodation1603 opening1611 dilucidation1615 unsnarling1640 declarement1646 enucleation1650 illumination1656 dilucidatinga1660 luciferousness1665 clarifying1677 unravelling1713 disentanglement1751 exegesis1770 disambiguation1827 evisceration1831 keyword1848 clarificationa1866 exponence1880 exponency1880 straightening1900 demystification1964 1606 T. Dekker Newes from Hell sig. D1^v When..the bottome of my Patrimony came within 200. pound of vnraueling. 1641 R. Greville Nature of Truth 76 To him was committed the unravelling of all the difficult knots. 1668 J. Dryden Of Dramatick Poesie 16 The Catastrophe, which..the French [call] le denouement, and we the discovery or unravelling of the Plot. 1713 T. Birch in Guardian 22 Apr. 1/2 Are not..all their pompous Distinctions only so many Unravelings of Double Meanings? 1767 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IX. xxxi. As if it had been spun from the unravellings of a spider's web. 1801 H. Lee Canterbury Tales IV. 455 A mystery, the unravelling of which..engaged all my attention. 1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. v. 102 The mental exercise..involved in the unravelling of a language. 1925 Redbook May 164/2 From his unraveling of what they said, he gathered that his wife, in her anguish, had felt the need to confide in some one. 1976 Ebony Oct. 29 The racial unrest and disaffection of Afro-Americanism..is essentially the unraveling of the art and expression of black writers of the 1960s. 2008 Daily Tel. 15 Dec. (Business section) b2/3 They could not foresee the unravelling of losses from these institutions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). unravellingunravelingadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈravl̩ɪŋ/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈrav(ə)lɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənˈræv(ə)lɪŋ/ Forms: 1700s– unraveling (now chiefly U.S.), 1700s– unravelling. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unravel v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < unravel v. + -ing suffix². That unravels (in various senses). Also: that unravels or disentangles something. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > uncoiling or unwinding > [adjective] unravelling1711 uncurling1728 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. iii. i. 134 He has hitherto, methinks, kept up his sapping Method and unravelling Humour. 1765 J. Reynolds in S. Johnson Plays of Shakespeare VIII. App. sig. Ll4/2 When the sentiment is brought to this state, the commentator, without this unraveling clue, expounds piercing the heart, in its common acceptation, wounding the heart. 1827 J. Montgomery Pelican Island iii. 77 The unravelling clew not for a moment lost Hold of the silent hand that drew it out. 1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma xv. 49 Pug..brings the lately rushing, clamorous pack to a more plodding, pains-taking, unravelling sort of performance. 1933 E. Partridge Slang To-day & Yesterday i. iv. 36 An expressive adjective, or a second-sighted noun, an unravelling or illuminating verb. 1985 A. Lurie Foreign Affairs viii. 186 A short plump man..with an unravelling brown sweater. 2012 D. Park Light of Amsterdam xiii. 279 The place would be a wash of tears with too many unravelling memories spooling out. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1606adj.1711
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