单词 | unoperating |
释义 | unoperatingadj. rare after 18th cent. Not operating, inoperative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > [adjective] > not operating or functioning unoperative1627 inoperativea1631 unoperating1719 1719 D. Waterland Vindic. Christ's Divinity viii. 158 The perfect Nativity..of the Word: who had been, as it were, quiescent or un-operating from all Eternity, till He came forth to Create the World. 1870 G. R. tr. J. L. Jacolliot Bible in India iii. iii. 186 At the moment when Zeus, unrevealed, unoperating [Fr. non agissant], became Brahma. 1911 Amer. Machinist 23 Mar. 534/3 Other unoperating punches slide through openings in the gag plate. 2006 Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) (Nexis) 2 Sept. d1 Outside air enters the house from tiny openings and through existing but unoperating vents. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1719 |
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