单词 | unpadlocked |
释义 | unpadlockedadj. Not padlocked. Also figurative.In some uses: no longer padlocked; cf. unpadlock v. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [adjective] > liberated > released from confinement frank1475 unpenta1592 disimprisoned1611 unjail1613 uncaged1648 unpadlocked1681 unmanacled1805 unloosed1839 disprisoned1842 unconfined1842 unsnaffled1846 bond-stript1855 loosed1887 untaken1893 the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [adjective] > of gates, doors, windows, etc. > not locked or bolted, or without a lock unlocked1454 unboltedc1580 lockless1591 latched1693 unpadlocked1846 boltless1902 1681 Penny Post No. 5 That and the Press being unpadlockt, are two incomparable turns of the Liberty of the Subject! 1780 House of Commons 26 She had gone on, but the unpadlock'd door Harsh grating on the hinge precluded more. 1846 C. Dickens Battle of Life ii. 60 One of the fire-proof boxes, unpadlocked and opened. 1893 Colonies & India 11 Mar. 21/1 When a settler's boat is left unpadlocked overnight it soon finds an unlawful crew. 1947 M. Lowry Under Volcano ii. 57 The unpadlocked jostling jalousies. 2009 Townsville (Queensland) Bull. (Nexis) 29 Jan. 17 Don't blame TCC for unpadlocked gates, blame the government's roads department. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1681 |
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