| 单词 |
denude |
| 释义 |
▪ I. denude, v.|dɪˈnjuːd|
[ad. L. dēnūdā-re to make naked, lay bare, f. de- I. 3 + nūdāre to make naked, nūdus naked. (Cf. mod.F. dénuder 1790 in Hatzf. The earlier F. verb is dénuer, OF. denuer, desnuer.)]
1. trans. To make naked or bare; to strip of clothing or covering; spec. in Geol. of natural agencies: To lay bare (a rock or formation) by the removal of that which lies above it.
1658Evelyn Fr. Gard. (1675) 88 Some when they alter their cases, denude them of all the earth. 1691Ray Creation i. (1704) 120 If you denude a Vine-Branch of its Leaves. 1845Darwin Voy. Nat. (1852) 12 That any power..could have denuded the granite over so many thousand square leagues? 1866Livingstone Jrnl. (1873) I. v. 124 The long slopes are nearly denuded of trees. 1880A. R. Wallace Isl. Life vii. 111 Rapidly denuded by rain and rivers.
2. fig. To strip, divest, deprive (of any possession, attribute, etc.).
1513Douglas æneis viii. ix. 65 Nor this burgh of sa mony citesanis Left desolat and denudit. 1536Bellenden Cron. Scotl. (1821) I. 95 To denude him of the Romane lady, and to adhere to his lauchfull wiffe. 1637Gillespie Eng. Pop. Cerem. iii. i. 6 He denudes himselfe of all right and title, which..he might claime vnto it. 1862Maurice Mor. & Met. Philos. IV. viii. §53. 492 Denuded of much of his wit and cleverness. 1874J. Stoughton Church of Revol. xvii. 395 Denuding them of political rights, they denied them political duties.
b. intr. (for refl.) To divest oneself.
1880Muirhead Gaius Digest 496 An heir..fraudulently giving a secret promise to denude in favour of one to whom trust-gift was prohibited rendered himself liable to penalties. Ibid. 497 The heir denuding did not thereby cease to be heir.
†3. To lay bare to the mind, disclose, make clear. Obs. rare.
1572Forrest Theophilus 128 in Anglia VII, Then approbation the case dyd denude.
Hence deˈnuded, deˈnuding ppl. adjs.
1639in Maidment Sc. Pasquil (1868) 85 Denuding motions wer not entertained. 1813J. Thomson Lect. Inflam. 467 The denuded muscles were amazingly enlarged. 1849Murchison Siluria vii. 125 From the denuded valley of Wigmore. 1878Huxley Physiogr. 131 Its power [tropical rain] as a denuding agent is almost incredible.
▪ II. † deˈnude, ppl. a. Sc. Obs.
[Short for denuded, denudit: cf. devoid.]
Denuded, deprived, bereft, devoid (of).
1552Lyndesay Monarche 5430 Sonne and Mone ar, boith, denude Off lycht. 1560Rolland Crt. Venus iii. 512 He..was denude of his Kingdome. 1570Satir. Poems Reform. xviii. 75 Gylouris of godlynes denude! |
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