unrefractingadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈfraktɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌənrəˈfræktɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, refracting adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + refracting adj.

That does not refract. Chiefly in figurative contexts.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > refraction > [adjective] > not

unrefractingc1827

c1827 S. T. Coleridge Marginalia (1992) III. 444 Every reader whose imagination supplies an unpreoccupied, unrefracting medium to the Apostolic assertion.

1863 J. C. Morison St. Bernard iii. v. 369 Looking through the pure unrefracting ether as we do at the stars.

1900 J. F. Genung Working Princ. Rhetoric (1901) xvi. 582 The ideal for him is to be a perfectly transparent, unrefracting medium for the transmission of the original author's ideas.

1938 E. A. Baker Hist. Eng. Novel IX. v. 171 This is an excellent example of quiet, literal, unrefracting realism applied to an utterly commonplace object.

2002 J. Grossman in R. F. Cook Compan. Wks. Heinrich Heine 252 Heine's letter questions both the accuracy and the value of naively positivistic..readings of poems as unrefracting mirrors of a poet's life.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unrefracting
释义	unrefractingadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈfraktɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈfræktɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, refracting adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + refracting adj. That does not refract. Chiefly in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > refraction > [adjective] > not unrefractingc1827 c1827 S. T. Coleridge Marginalia (1992) III. 444 Every reader whose imagination supplies an unpreoccupied, unrefracting medium to the Apostolic assertion. 1863 J. C. Morison St. Bernard iii. v. 369 Looking through the pure unrefracting ether as we do at the stars. 1900 J. F. Genung Working Princ. Rhetoric (1901) xvi. 582 The ideal for him is to be a perfectly transparent, unrefracting medium for the transmission of the original author's ideas. 1938 E. A. Baker Hist. Eng. Novel IX. v. 171 This is an excellent example of quiet, literal, unrefracting realism applied to an utterly commonplace object. 2002 J. Grossman in R. F. Cook Compan. Wks. Heinrich Heine 252 Heine's letter questions both the accuracy and the value of naively positivistic..readings of poems as unrefracting mirrors of a poet's life. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1827
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