单词 | unplunge |
释义 | unplungev. transitive. To raise from a plunged position or state.Quot. a1641 is apparently an isolated use before the mid 20th cent. ΚΠ a1641 T. Heywood & W. Rowley Fortune by Land & Sea (1655) iii. iii Any meanes that can unplunge me from this gulf of trouble. 1951 Sunday Times (Perth, W. Austral.) 25 Feb. 14/2 [He] had to unplunge the necklines again. 2001 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 29 Sept. d2 Don't depress the plunger in a French-press teapot until the tea's brewed. I had a heck of a time unplunging it on both my visits. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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