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单词 unstaunch
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unstaunchadj.

Forms: Also unstanch.
Etymology: un- prefix1 1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈstaunch.
Not sound, firm, watertight, etc.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel with reference to qualities or attributes > [adjective] > not seaworthy or unstable > leaky
unstaunch1606
unstanched1607
untight1622
unfast1648
1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xvi. ci. 400 Who can lesse than smile that sees vnstanch and riueld faces, To shelter coylie vnderneath Fannes.
a1674 J. Milton Brief Hist. Moscovia (1682) v. 75 The Ships being unstanch,..sunk by the way.
1896 E. A. King Ital. Highways 223 Not one [column] has proved unstanch through..the storms of these long..centuries.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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