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单词 unstow
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unstowv.

Etymology: un- prefix2 1a.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈstow.
transitive. To take out of stowage; to clear (a hold, etc.) of the articles stowed in it.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > from stowage
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the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > leave unoccupied [verb (transitive)] > empty > empty a place where things are stowed
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1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World ii. 75 Half the hold must have been unstow'd to get at them.
1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 106 We..unstow'd the Anchor, to be in Readiness.
1800 P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames ii. 59 The Lumpers unstowed the casks in the hold.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. x. 105 We have to unstow the hold, and deposit its contents in the store-house.
1891 Labour Commission Gloss. Unstowing or Breaking out, the act of conveying the goods packed in a ship from the place occupied whilst travelling to the square immediately under the hatchway.
figurative.1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. xli. 44 When they found my hold unstowed, they went all hands to shooling and begging.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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