| 释义 |
un- /un-/ prefix- (1) meaning ‘not’ (in many cases, the resultant word is more than a mere negation and has a positive force, as in unkind, which usu means ‘cruel’ rather than just ‘not kind’)
- (2) indicating a reversal of process, removal or deprivation
- (3) merely emphasizing reversal or deprivation already expressed by the simple word, as in unbare or unloose
- Sometimes (in Shakespeare and Milton) added to a present participle with a passive meaning. The meaning is often ambiguous, esp in participial adjectives
ORIGIN: Partly OE un-, negative; cf Ger un-, L in-, Gr an- or a-; partly OE on- (or un-), the unstressed form of and-; cf Ger ent-, Gr anti against un- /un-/ prefix- (1) meaning ‘not’ (in many cases, the resultant word is more than a mere negation and has a positive force, as in unkind, which usu means ‘cruel’ rather than just ‘not kind’)
- (2) indicating a reversal of process, removal or deprivation
- (3) merely emphasizing reversal or deprivation already expressed by the simple word, as in unbare or unloose
- Sometimes (in Shakespeare and Milton) added to a present participle with a passive meaning. The meaning is often ambiguous, esp in participial adjectives
ORIGIN: Partly OE un-, negative; cf Ger un-, L in-, Gr an- or a-; partly OE on- (or un-), the unstressed form of and-; cf Ger ent-, Gr anti against Many words formed from the root with this prefix (too many to list in one entry). unslingˈ transitive verb (pat and pap unslungˈ) To free from slings or from being slung |