单词 | unsheltered |
释义 | unshelteredadj. (un- prefix1 2.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > exposed to danger > vulnerable > unsheltered or exposed openOE discovertc1380 subject1490 uncovered1530 unsheltered1599 uncanopied1613 exposed1691 unshielded1700 unembowered1814 1599 S. Daniel Musophilus in Wks. (1602) C i b For this it practises to dissipate Th' vnsheltred troupes. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. xx. sig. Ii1 Shunning all beaten Paths, and unshelter'd Grounds. 1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety vi. 143 [To] leave him unsheltred to that scorching wrath of God. 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Archit. I. 28 An open place, unshelter'd either by Woods or Hills. 1768 H. Brooke Fool of Quality III. xvi. 267 I did not dare to leave my child alone and unsheltered. 1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. I. iv. 85 We should soon be..unsheltered, except by caves. 1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 64 A bleak and unsheltered country. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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