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单词 unpaced
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unpacedadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈpeɪst/, U.S. /ˌənˈpeɪst/
Forms: see un- prefix1 and paced adj.; also Scottish pre-1700 wnpassed.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, paced adj.; un- prefix1, pace v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: Partly < un- prefix1 + paced adj., and partly (in quot. 1686) < un- prefix1 + pace v. + -ed suffix1.
Not paced (in various senses); (later esp.) without a pace or rate of progress set by some external means.In quot. 1686: (of a horse) not trained to pace (pace v. 4a).
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well-run1601
unpaced1636
all-age1806
close-run1813
level1826
long distance1826
handicapped1828
neck and neck1828
timed1839
point-to-point1875
side by side1881
middle distance1886
paced1899
two-horse1976
1636 W. Sampson Vow Breaker v. i. sig. K2 To morrow wee'le survey The underminings, and unpaced greise That Mortimer, and Isabell did devise To steale their sportive daliancies in.
1686 in H. Paton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1932) 3rd Ser. XIII. 67 Ane..hors..cutt tailled, wnpassed.
1823 London Mag. July 12 She'd walk th' immaculate unpaced snow And leave it printless.
1897 Daily News 17 Feb. 11/3 The principal item is a series tandem match, unpaced,..for £100.
1938 Encycl. Brit. Bk. of Year 100/1 Mills also set up a new record..for the mile, standing start, unpaced.
1958 Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 27 Jan. 523/2 This year has seen the conclusion of a programme of work on ‘Conditions influencing the rate of learning in paced and unpaced tasks’.
2008 T. Kenny Nuts & Bolts Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy xiv. 95 (caption) This particular rhythm is a normal, unpaced beat.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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