单词 | unscathed |
释义 | unscathedadj. (un- prefix1 2. Cf. Old Norse and Icelandic ú-, óskaðaðr, Middle Swedish oskadhad, Swedish oskadad.) Before 19th cent. Scottish and somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adjective] > free from harm or damage unwoundedOE scathelessc1175 skerea1225 unhurta1225 harmlessc1290 soundc1290 unshent1303 wella1325 quartc1330 untouchedc1400 inviolatea1420 unscathed1425 dangerlessc1440 unshendc1440 undefiledc1460 unhurted1483 hailscarta1522 undefaced1537 unpairedc1540 uncloyeda1560 undamnified1576 undemnified1576 uninjured1578 unfoiled1579 salamander-like1593 unvulnered1613 undamaged1648 invulneratea1680 sincere1700 1425 Sc. Acts Parl., Jas. I (1814) II. 11/2 Quhil it be knawin..at þe cuntre be vnscaithit of þaim. 1461 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 22 That man..sal..kepe the toun vnscathit..of all dettis and chargis acht be hym. c1480 (a1400) St. James Less 608 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 168 Þat I and þai..In gud fath sal vnschait be. 1567–8 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. I. 613 To be unharmit, unskaythit, or unmolestit be ony of the liegis. 1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 153 Unskaith'd by Death's gleg gullie, Tam Samson's livin! 1827 E. Bulwer-Lytton Falkland 25 I passed through the ordeal unshrinking, yet not unscathed. a1862 H. T. Buckle Misc. Wks. (1872) I. 103 That intellect which had conducted them unscathed through such..dangers. 1882 A. W. Ward Dickens i. 9 Whatever his experiences of this kind may have been, he passed unscathed through them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1425 |
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