单词 | unpack |
释义 | unpackv. 1. a. transitive. To remove (something) from a package, bag, suitcase, etc.; to take (something) out of its packing. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > unpack unpack1434 unbundle1606 unbag1611 unbudget1611 unballa1694 unwalleta1739 unlimber1867 1434 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) IV. 241 (MED) It is þought expedient þat no manere marchandise be untrussed nor unpakked by þe marchantes. 1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies i. 56 Lo heere some of their finest wares, and trimmest knacks: as I haue found them packed and vnpacked in the secret paper-bookes of certaine English Antiquaries. 1629 J. Mabbe tr. C. de Fonseca Deuout Contempl. 124 A royall Merchant wil vnpacke all his wares, & open whatsoeuer he hath in his shop, to him that comes to buy. 1669 R. Boyle Of Absolute Rest in Bodies 25 in Certain Physiol. Ess. (ed. 2) He had unpacked them and rang'd them. 1741 S. A. Laval Compend. Hist. Reformation IV. vii. 379 The Merchants were searched, and the Goods and Merchandise were unpack'd. 1789 R. Norris Journey to Court of Bossa Ahádee in Mem. Reign Bossa Ahádee (1968) 94 I prepared..for my visit, by unpacking a very handsome sedan chair, and a chamber organ. 1810 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius (ed. 2) II. 1189 Not having any directions from him respecting the goods, [the defendant] caused them to be unpacked. 1894 A. Robertson Nuggets 38 He unpacked the gold and laid it..on the counter. 1943 W. Stegner Big Rock Candy Mountain i. 54 You might as well not unpack your gun, then. 2001 Times 1 Nov. 15/3 Scurrying men carry stepladders, unpack costumes, swab the floor, drive nails into dowdy old walls. b. transitive. figurative and in figurative contexts; esp. to reveal, disclose, or exhibit (a thought, feeling, quality, etc.). ΚΠ 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. K4 The strange vntraffiqu't phrases, by him new vented and vnpackt. 1681 R. Baxter 2nd Acct. to J. Cheney of his Judgm. 3 in 3rd Def. Cause of Peace His Book consisteth..partly in a critical discharge of his fancy, and unpacking his preparations against the Independant Covenant, and Church-Form. 1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. iii. vi. 236 Your ladyship may..unpack and recount your griefs, that all of us may understand the nature of your misfortune. 1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Aug. 153/1 He brings his total wealth into company, and gravely unpacks it. 1841 H. Miller Old Red Sandstone vi. 107 The strata..have been unpacked and arranged by the uptilting agent. 1930 W. S. Churchill Roving Comm. vi. 74 How we longed to have a similar store of memories to unpack and display..to a sympathetic audience. 1989 Independent 10 Nov. 31 Prean..found a way to..unpack opportunities for his own fierce forehand attack. 2002 B. Farrel & P. Farrel Single Men are Like Waffles i. 16 She began unpacking her emotions by lamenting, ‘Tim, it was so awful today.’ c. transitive. To take (a person) out of a vehicle; to remove clothing from (a person). Also reflexive. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > strip or undress a person to dight nakedc1200 stripa1225 unclothec1300 nakea1350 despoilc1386 spoilc1386 spoila1400 uncleada1400 undighta1400 unarray14.. disarrayc1425 disattire?1473 unray1485 uncover1530 tirr1553 disclothe1570 disvesture1570 uncoat1571 uncase1576 unapparel1577 disrobe1590 unrig1591 unbusk1596 unstrip1596 untire1597 devest1598 unparel1603 unshale1604 unvest1609 disapparel1610 flaya1616 undress1615 disinvest1619 disvest1627 despoil1632 blanch1675 unpack1765 ungarment1805 peel1820 divest1848 divesture1854 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport or convey in a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > take (a person) out of a vehicle unpack1836 1765 C. Johnstone Chrysal IV. xiii. 234 When the driver had got his waggon out of the hole, and seen that all was safe about it, he came to know what was the matter with his passengers; and having unpacked them, my master had the pleasure to hear the young woman propose to her mother to walk a little way. 1799 S. J. Pratt Gleanings in Eng. iv. 59 Methinks I hear some of my Continental friends, just unpacked from a German post waggon, as you call your stage coaches. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xxii. 225 A red-haired man..had unpacked himself from a cab at the same moment. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 21 May 3/2 My poor child, in what a state of..collapse must you have been when Myrtle unpacked you on your return! 1912 A. Bennett Matador of Five Towns & Other Stories 190 She wrapped him up when he went out, and unpacked him when he came in. 2006 H. Hampton Dickie ix. 30 Dickie drove him to her little old house.., and..with much laughter and a little stumbling, they unpacked him onto the ground. 2. a. transitive. To open and remove the contents of (a package, bag, suitcase, etc.).When referring to travellers' belongings, usually also implying that the contents are put away. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > leave unoccupied [verb (transitive)] > empty > unpack (a pack or container) unpack1474 to pack out1969 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > make into a pack or parcel > unpack unpack1474 unbundle1606 1474–5 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1472 3rd Roll §46. m. 7 Then it be leeffull to the collectours..to doo unpakke there tho pakkes and fardels. 1535 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 14 §1 Whiche packes so conveied..to suche portes..to be shipped be never there unpacked. 1652 J. Ibeson To Supream Authority, Parl. of Common-wealth of Eng. 4 To the great terrour and greife of the people, having..their packs in high wayes or fields unpacked, rifled and spoiled. 1687 P. Rycaut Hist. Turkish Empire (new ed.) 10/1 in Knolles's Turkish Hist. (ed. 6) I In regard different Sortments and Colours were demanded, it was necessary to open and unpack divers Chests. a1751 J. Elton in J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea (1753) I. v. 32 The custom-house officers are not to break open and unpack their bales. 1798 S. Lee Young Lady's Tale in H. Lee Canterbury Tales II. 478 On the deck sat Lady Emily, unpacking a little basket of fruit. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist II. xxiii. 55 The beadle, stooping to unpack his bundle. 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule ii. 41 Go away..and unpack your portmanteau. 1922 E. H. Young Bridge Dividing ii. i. 79 Henrietta went to her room to unpack the brown tin trunk which contained all her possessions. 1980 Cook's Mag. Nov. 26/1 The fishmongers of Fulton Street..assemble every morning to unpack crates of fish. 2013 Vanity Fair July 109/1 It had taken about six minutes flat to unpack my only suitcase and brush my teeth. b. transitive. figurative and in figurative contexts, esp. with reference to the releasing of one's emotions. Also reflexive: to unburden oneself emotionally. ΚΠ 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 588 This is most braue, That I..Must like a whore vnpacke my hart with words. View more context for this quotation 1655 T. Harvey tr. G. B. Spagnoli Bucolicks ii. 11 Men do the like; each doth himself unpack, And casts the burthen on anothers back. 1771 Town & Country Mag. Mar. 159/1 Many a time her tongue bewray'd the shrew, And in meet words unpack'd her peevish mind. 1840 Monthly Law Rep. Aug. 159 His lordship took occasion..to unpack his heart, and retort upon Sugden for all his sneers. 1885 Cork Constit. 21 Nov. 4/4 Mr W. J. Lane took occasion to ‘unpack’ himself in a sorrowful lament. 1908 T. W. H. Crosland Little Stings 46 In the interests of exact knowledge they proceeded to unpack a human spirit... Imprimis: Two rather damaged Virtues [etc.]. 2001 Community Care 13 Dec. 88/2 (advt.) Techniques such as play therapy, art and drama are used to help the child ‘unpack the suitcase’ of emotional baggage. c. transitive. Originally Philosophy. To analyse (an issue or concept) in great detail, typically with the aim of uncovering its underlying assumptions or hidden implications. Later more generally: to analyse (a work, etc.) in order to interpret or understand it. ΚΠ 1906 G. S. Fullerton Introd. Philos. xii. 179 Thus, when we say: Man is a rational animal, we may merely be defining the word ‘man’—unpacking it, so to speak. 1953 R. J. Spilsbury in Mind 62 353 The meaning of such statements can be unpacked in a series of hypothetical propositions. 1979 A. R. Peacocke Creation & World of Sci. i. 39 The theological enterprise has always involved much unpacking and elaborating of this image. 1991 Raritan Summer 82 When we unpack the obstacles in analysis—when we think of them as the way rather than something in the way—we find them, like Pandora's box, full of the unusual and the forbidden. 2006 New Yorker 25 Sept. 48/2 Allen Coulter's mystery movie is itself hard to unpack: part period drama, part open-ended thriller. d. transitive. Computing. To convert (data) from a compressed format to one that is usable. Cf. pack v.1 4d. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > data > database > use data [verb (transitive)] > store > unpack unpack1951 1951 M. V. Wilkes et al. Prepar. Programs for Electronic Digital Computer iv. 36 The subroutines unpack each number when it is required and place the numerical part and the exponent in separate long storage locations. 1982 Laser Program Ann. Rep. (Lawrence Livermore National Lab.) 1 ii. 152/1 After each shot the data will be retrieved, unpacked, formatted into English, and displayed to the operators. 2014 P. Krumins Perl One-Liners iv. 46 The newly formed string literal is unpacked into a number from a string in network byte order. 3. transitive. To remove baggage, goods, etc., from (an animal or vehicle); to unload. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > transport or convey by carrying [verb (transitive)] > load (a beast) > unload untruss1390 unloada1492 unpack1570 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Aiiv/1 To Vnpacke, esarcinare. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Sbastare, to vnpacke, to vnsaddle a cariers horse. 1632 P. Holland tr. Xenophon Cyrupædia viii. vii. 198 How orderly his armie and traine so great as it was, both..unpacked and discharged their carriage, and at their setting forth againe, trussed up bag and baggage. 1799 C. Reeve Destination III. 54 We left the men employed in unpacking the waggon and carrying back the goods. 1835 W. Irving Tour on Prairies 27 His first care was to unpack his horses, and put them in safe quarters. 1871 C. Lever Ld. Kilgobbin II. viii. 75 Nina..directed him to unpack the carriage, and take out her easel and her drawing materials. 1959 R. Campbell I would do It Again xi. 73 With Bert's help the horses were soon unpacked. 2011 T. Marks Seattle Meth & Car Theft iii. 22 I unpack the car, laying everything outside on the grass. 4. intransitive. To remove the contents of a package, bag, etc.; to perform the task of unpacking. Now esp.: to empty a travelling bag or suitcase, and store the contents. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (intransitive)] > unpack unpack1611 1611 T. Heywood Golden Age iv. sig. H3 Comes he wlth presents, and shall he vnpacke at the gate? nay come into the Porters lodge good Pedlers. 1724 D. Defoe Fortunate Mistress 316 All was carried up, and put into a Chamber, next to our Bed-Chamber, and in the Morning he call'd for a pretty large round Table, and began to unpack. 1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville II. 22 Two-thirds trappers,..and one-third camp-keepers; who cook, pack, and unpack. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 626 As her commander..asked me on board to lunch, I had to unpack again. 1919 ‘K. Mansfield’ Let. 13 Oct. (1993) III. 22 She said she hadn't unpacked ‘as you are sending me away in April’. 1964 Life 17 Jan. 3/2 On New Year's Day, without a chance to unpack, he got right back on another plane. 2008 Daily Mail 12 Jan. 60/1 A femme de chambre begins to unpack for me. 5. a. transitive. In passive. to be unpacked: to have unpacked one's goods, luggage, etc., or to have had them unpacked by another person. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (reflexive)] > get one's possessions unpacked to be unpackeda1616 the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (intransitive)] > unpack > get one's possessions unpacked to be unpacked1812 a1616 J. Smith Expos. Creed (1632) xvi. 185 Men that be of trades, when they come to places of search, they be unpackt, and their fardels opened, the searchers come and looke upon their ware. 1799 M. Geisweiler tr. A. von Kotzebue Poverty & Nobleness of Mind i. vi. 25 I expect he will arrive, perhaps to-day, in good condition; and as soon as he is unpack'd, you may examine him to your heart's content. 1812 Countess Granville Let. 12 Sept. (1894) I. 40 The Bessboroughs have been unpacked about a couple of hours. 1963 L. M. Packer C. Rossetti xi. 218 ‘Miss Boyd makes me very welcome and comfortable,’ she wrote William, once she was unpacked and settled. 2007 K. H. S. Pickett Corporate Fraud iv. 34 He soon found himself in a nice-looking suite at the front of the hotel, with instructions to come downstairs as soon as he was unpacked. b. transitive. To unpack the luggage of (a person). Also reflexive. ΚΠ 1791 H. Walpole Let. 27 Oct. in Corr. (1944) XI. 372 I..thought it would be very uncomfortable to you, till you had unpacked yourselves, seen some few persons, adjusted your family etc. 1852 New Monthly Mag. July 279 He forthwith proceeded to unpack himself. From his drab felt wide-awake he drew out half a quire of clean dickeys and a front. 1891 Murray's Mag. July 72 Our ski-men shot past us immediately, and at such speed do they descend a hill, they arrived long before us, and were ready to unpack us..on our arrival. 1961 J. Kirkpatrick Woman at Dead Oaks 23 Oh, I can manage, thank you. Till my—er—‘man’ gets here to unpack me. 2005 Times Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) (Nexis) 2 July f11 They can pack you up. They supervise the move. And they unpack you. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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