请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 unplume
释义

unplumev.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈpluːm/, U.S. /ˌənˈplum/
Forms: see un- prefix2 and plume v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix2, plume v.
Etymology: < un- prefix2 + plume v. Compare Dutch ontpluimen (Middle Dutch ontplūmen ). Compare earlier deplume v., displume v.
Now rare and chiefly poetic.
1. transitive. To strip of plumes or feathers. Also in figurative contexts (cf. sense 2).
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > strip or make bare > strip of feathers or plumes
deplumec1420
unfeather1483
plume1525
unplume1566
unfledge1598
implume1604
displume1623
pelt1692
ploat1855
1566 J. Martiall Replie to Calfhills Blasphemous Answer x. f. 202 Certayne of our bokes do lyuely set foorth the truth, and vnplume the fylthy feathers of your euil fauored cock.
1584 R. Greene Gwydonius f. 35v He would vnplume thee of all his feathers, that like Aesops Crowe thou mightst receiue the reward of thy rashnesse.
1608 G. Markham & L. Machin Dumbe Knight i. sig. C3 Enuies sword, Which like a rasor shall vnplumbe thy crest.
1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling i. i. §28 Should we have the like distinction observed, I fear many of our gaiest birds would be unplumed.
1744 H. Brooke Love & Vanity 95 She..Exalts the meek..; Of Pride unplumes the lofty crest.
1748 Porsenna's Invasion iii. 38 I shall unplume thy Wings, and low'r thy Flight.
1804 C. Smith Conversations II. 202 The nest is robbed, and she a second time unplumes herself for the accommodation of her young.
1841 Lady F. Hastings Lay of Bell in Poems 212 When Time's allotted course is done, His wings unplumed, his hour-glass run.
1888 A. E. Dennis Asphodels & Pansies 308 When Death his proud eye darkens And unplumes his golden wing.
1901 19th Cent. & After May 859 He has merely unplumed himself that others may be decorated with his feathers.
2. transitive. figurative. To deprive of honour, distinction, or prestige. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > degrade [verb (transitive)]
vile1297
supplanta1382
to bring lowa1387
revilea1393
gradea1400
villain1412
abject?a1439
to-gradea1440
vilifyc1450
villainy1483
disparage1496
degradea1500
deject?1521
disgraduate1528
disgress1528
regrade1534
base1538
diminute1575
lessen1579
to turn down1581
to pitch (a person) over the bar?1593
disesteem1594
degender1596
unnoble1598
disrank1599
reduce1599
couch1602
disthrone1603
displume1606
unplume1621
disnoble1622
disworth?1623
villainize1623
unglory1626
ungraduate1633
disennoble1645
vilicate1646
degraduate1649
bemean1651
deplume1651
lower1653
cheapen1654
dethrone1659
diminish1667
scoundrel1701
sink1706
demean1715
abjectate1731
unglorifya1740
unmagnify1747
undignify1768
to take the shine out of (less frequently from, U.S. off)1819
dishero1838
misdemean1843
downgrade1892
demote1919
objectify1973
1621 R. Crakanthorpe Def. Constantine ii. ix. 142 They shall take away the honour of the Pope, that is, as Iohn said, vnplume him.
a1643 J. Shute Sarah & Hagar (1649) 55 God can soon unplume us, and take away that which swelleth us so.
1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 104 Her lov'd Lord [may] unplume thy tow'ring pride.
1744 E. Moore Fables for Female Sex xiv. 301 The partner of thy scorn'd embrace, Shall play the wanton in thy face, Each spark unplume thy little pride.

Derivatives

unˈpluming n. rare
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of fowls > [noun] > plucking feathers
plucking1440
unpluming1592
depluming1797
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [noun] > stripping or uncovering so as to leave bare > stripping or being stripped of feathers
plucking1440
unpluming1592
deplumation1611
pluming1614
depluming1655
1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. G We delight..in the vnpluming of pullerie, and quartering of calues and oxen.
1860 Morning Chron. 31 May 4/5 If the exigencies of war require the unmailing and unpluming of heavy cavalry, they had better submit with a good grace.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
<
v.1566
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/2/3 15:18:57