| 单词 |
unthrashed |
| 释义 |
unˈthrashed, -ˈthreshed, ppl. a.
[un-1 8. Cf. Sw. otröskad.]
1. Of corn, etc.: Not thrashed.
α1561Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees, 1835) 193, xx threives of wheat unthresshed. 1573Tusser Husb. (1878) 56 Such wheat..vnthreshed till March in the sheafe let it lie. 1660in Sadler St. Papers (1809) III. 360 Barley, threshed and unthreshed. 1766Compl. Farmer s.v. Harvest, Wheat keeps better when stacked in the ear unthreshed. 1798Hull Advertiser 24 Mar. 2/3 Insurance upon..outhouses, and upon unthreshed stock therein. 1885Athenæum 5 Sept. 298/1 A wooden stage on which unthreshed corn is placed. 1891T. Hardy Tess xlviii, The unthreshed sheaves remaining untouched.
β1702Guide for Constables 136 Carts carrying..corn unthrashed. 1799J. Robertson Agric. Perth 323 Others throw hay or unthrashed corn in handfuls upon the snow to feed them. 1844H. Stephens Bk. Farm II. 286 The unthrashed corn..is delivered into the machine.
fig.1853Ruskin Stones Ven. III. ii. §27 It is to be remembered, that knowledge in this form may be kept..in such unthreshed disorder that it is of no use.
2. Unbeaten, unflogged.
1892Daily News 5 Oct. 3/1 A couple of youths..tore the lower part of it, but they ran off unthrashed. |
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