单词 | unchurched |
释义 | unchurched in American English (ʌnˈtʃɜrtʃt) adjective 1. not belonging to or attending any church 2. not having a church unchurched in American English (unˈtʃɜːrtʃt) adjective not being a member of a church; not attending any church Word origin [1675–85; un-1 + church + -ed2]This word is first recorded in the period 1675–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: denature, muscular, prairie, retouch, stomaun- is a prefix meaning “not,” freely used as an English formative, giving negative oropposite force in adjectives and their derivative adverbs and nouns (unfair; unfairly; unfairness; unfelt; unseen; unfitting; unformed; unheard-of; un-get-at-able), and less freely used in certain other nouns (unrest; unemployment); -ed is a suffix forming the past participle of weak verbs (he had crossed the river), and of participial adjectives indicating a condition or quality resulting fromthe action of the verb (inflated balloons). Other words that use the affix -ed include: connected, loaded, truncated, unattended, unsettledExamples of 'unchurched' in a sentence |
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