单词 | unpapered |
释义 | unpaperedadj.ΚΠ 1657 E. Revett Poems 58 Writ I on Bark, th' un-paper'd Ancient's Won't, You'd think my languid lines were bier'd upon't. 2. Not covered with wallpaper. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [adjective] > not covered by or as by other specific covering unwoolled1538 unhoused1564 unleaded1586 uncanopied1613 unplanked1648 unarched1658 unpavilioned1775 unpapered1778 undraperied1802 unnetted1832 undamasked1838 matless1839 unpuddled1842 desquamated1845–6 sodlessa1847 unbaized1853 blanketless1863 unhooded1868 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > wallcovering > [adjective] > wallpapered > not unpapered1778 1778 Muse's Mirrour I. 171 From close-barr'd windows chase the hovering gloom, And cloath with Indian forms th' unpaper'd room. 1826 London Mag. Apr. 506 There is great want of comfort in the appearance of unpapered or unpannelled walls. 1871 C. Kingsley At Last II. x. 33 The walls were of cedar and other valuable woods, which good taste left still unpapered. 1922 Country Life Oct. 82 (advt.) Unpapered, is the hallway dim and depressing? Why, then let Wall Paper make it glow with light. 1995 Washington Post 7 Sept. (Home section) 13/2 The library was left unpapered because shelves cover the whitewashed walls. 3. Not provided with official papers or documents, esp. those required for travel or employment. ΚΠ 1986 Newsweek 14 July 32/1 Held in U.S. prisons..for no crime worse than trying to enter the country unpapered. 1995 A. Mag. Feb. 16/1 New York..has approximately 510,000 unpapered immigrants. 2002 N.Y. Times Mag. 14 Apr. 39/2 As long as an unpapered Chunnel refugee refuses to admit his point of origin, he can't be forced to leave. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1657 |
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