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单词 unnock
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unnockv.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈnɒk/, U.S. /ˌənˈnɑk/
Forms: see un- prefix2 and nock v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix2, nock v.
Etymology: < un- prefix2 + nock v.
transitive. To remove (an arrow) from a bowstring by disengaging the nock at the end; (also) to remove (a bowstring) from the nock at the end of an arrow. Cf. nock v.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > use of bow and arrow > shoot (arrow) [verb (transitive)] > detach (arrow) from string
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1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 768/2 I unnocke a shafte, je descosche.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 768/2 Who hath unnocked my shafte?
1677 W. C. Archerie Reviv'd 2 The bow too much bent may un-nock the string.
1905 Christian Advocate 80 50/2 Low spake the Hero, unnocking his arrow.
1926 R. P. Elmer Archery i. 15 I lifted up a Korean bow to show them what would really happen if the cord were unnocked.
2005 T. Airhart Elk Hunting i. vi. 77 We unnocked arrows and crossed a small stream so that we would have a chance at a shot if the bulls again approached.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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