单词 | unwatched |
释义 | unwatchedadj. (un- prefix1 2.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adjective] > not vigilant > unwatched unwereda1400 unwatchedc1425 c1425 Wyntoun Cron. iv. v. 499 All vnwachit sodanely Thai fell on sleip. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke iv. f. 41v Of all these dooeth our enemie leaue not one thyng vn~watched, whereby he maie drawe vs to damnacion. 1593 J. Donne Satires ii. 98 But when he sells or changes land, he impaires His writings, and (unwatch'd) leaves out ses heires. a1616 W. Shakespeare Hamlet (1623) iii. i. 191 Madnesse in great Ones, must not vnwatch'd [1604 vnmatcht] go. 1795 S. T. Coleridge Silver Thimble 49 And I from unwatch'd needle's erring point Had surely suffer'd on each finger-joint Those wounds. 1812 G. Crabbe Tales xi. 206 Rarely from town, nor then unwatch'd, he goes. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xcix. 152 Unwatch'd, the garden bough shall sway. View more context for this quotation 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. i. 30 Thou ever dost suspect me, Nor can I act unwatched. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1425 |
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