单词 | unplanted |
释义 | unplantedadj. 1. a. Of a seed, plant, etc.: not planted; not put or set in the ground; (also) growing naturally without having been planted. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > wild and cultivated plants > [adjective] > wild or not cultivated wildc725 untameda1340 unsownc1374 unplanteda1382 savagea1500 natural1526 self-sowed1597 self-sown1608 maiden1616 voluntary1620 spontaneous1665 uncultivated1697 wilding1697 volunteer1794 uncultured1804 agrarian1851 self-raised1852 the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land raising crops > [adjective] > sown or planted > not unplanteda1382 unsownc1400 unset1573 unseeded1634 unsowed1648 uncropped1857 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xxxiv. 11 Who is vnplauntid [L. implanatus], shal abound shreudenesse. 1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare iii. 206 If Christ, & his Apostles would haue waited for a General Councel, the Gospel had beene vnpreached, & the Churche vnplanted vntil this day. 1572 L. Mascall Bk. Plant & Graffe Trees 80 They [sc. cuttings] must not be olde gathered, nor lie long vnplanted after they be cutte. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique vi. v. 735 No more..can the vine well..endure after it is cut to be long kept vnplanted. 1639 E. Waller Battle of Summer-Islands i. 5 Figs there unplanted through the fields do grow. 1682 G. Miège New Cosmography iv. 58 By a Forrest, or Wood, is properly meant a great Plot of Ground covered with Trees unplanted and growing of their own accord. 1726 A. Hill Happy Man in R. Savage Misc. Poems & Transl. 107 Unplanted groves rise round his shelter'd seat. a1748 J. Thomson Summer in Seasons (new ed.) 90 But what avails this wondrous waste of wealth?.. What their unplanted fruits? 1833 Floricultural Cabinet Aug. 192 Plant out such kinds of autumn flowering bulbs as yet remain unplanted. 1864 W. W. Brown Clotelle xviii. 57 Flowers which sprang up from the fertility of soil unplanted and unattended. 1904 Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 247 He promises the merchant to plant a certain acreage of cotton and signs a mortgage upon this yet unplanted crop. 1945 K. Burke Gram. of Motives i. i. 19 Temperaments which, in other situations would remain mere potentialities, unplanted seeds. 1995 K. Pierpoint Truffle Beds 41 Bulbs lie, unplanted, on a plate of dust. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > [adjective] > not unput1450 unlaid1467 unset1561 unplanted1615 unmounted1724 uninstalleda1856 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 38 At the East end..lies a number of great Ordnance vnplanted. 1674 J. Norton in tr. M. A. Flaminio Scholars Vade Mecum 351 Artillery unplanted. 2. ΚΠ 1590 in J. Kirk Rec. Synod Lothian & Tweeddale (1977) 17 The assemble, having..fund a number of thair kirkis..unplantit. a1650 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1843) II. 186 It was ordeaned..that Mr George Hay..preache in the unplanted kirks of Carrick. 1698 in J. Hunter Diocese & Presbytery Dunkeld (1918) II. 195 [The Earl] craved the favour of the presbitrie to overlook Mr. Gordone, incumbent at Cluny, for some tyme whill the kirk is unplanted. 1852 T. Wright Hist. Scotl. II. vi. xxviii. 352/2 With regard to religion, he complained that..numbers of churches remained unplanted. and of those that were planted, few or none had any competent maintenance. b. Chiefly of land: not set with plants; not put under cultivation. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1598 I. D. tr. L. Le Roy Aristotles Politiques i. vii. 49 Next of all, it is behoofefull to haue skill in the manuring of ground, as well vnplanted as planted. 1653 in H. W. Richardson York Deeds (Maine) (1887) I. i. fol. 35 Vpland, planted or unplanted. 1686 in H. W. Richardson York Deeds (Maine) (1888) IV. fol. 58 Parsters fenced arrable Land, planted & unplanted. 1764 J. Valentine Let. 29 July in G. Washington Papers (1990) Colonial Ser. VII. 317 They..had Reather their ground should ly unplanted then to plant arronoco. ?a1775 E. Lovibond Poems (1785) 39 I..left for thee my downy bed, Unplanted yet with thorns. 1867 J. W. De Forest Miss Ravenel's Conversion xviii. 256 He was perfectly happy in strolling about his unplanted estate. 1935 Rotarian Aug. 55/3 (table) Unplanted vacant lots. 1979 Field & Stream Oct. 83/2 Maybe a nearby grainfield goes unplanted this year. 2005 Country Living Apr. (Big Ideas for Small Gardens Suppl.) 23/2 Some containers..look wonderful left unplanted, so that their shape can be appreciated. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [adjective] > colonized > not unplanted1612 1612 W. Symonds Proc. Eng. Colonie in Virginia in J. Smith Map of Virginia xii. 106 But God that would not it [sc. Virginia] should bee vnplanted, sent Sir Thomas Gates..to preserue vs. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 354 The countrey remaining unplanted by any forrainers. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 154 To be lock'd up in an unplanted Island. 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad iv. 161 The future sires of our unplanted states. 1863 R. W. Emerson Voluntaries in Atlantic Monthly Oct. 505 Freedom all winged expands, Nor perches in a narrow place; Her broad van seeks unplanted lands; She loves a poor and virtuous race. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1382 |
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