| 单词 |
unextinguished |
| 释义 |
unexˈtinguished, ppl. a.
[un-1 8 and 5 b.]
Not extinguished, quenched, or put out: a. Of fire or light (also fig.).
1697Dryden æneis vi. 601 The souls whom that unhappy flame invades..Lament too late their unextinguished fire. 1730in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) I. 230 One of y⊇ Candles..happen'd..to fall down unextinguish'd. 1757W. Wilkie Epigoniad viii. 241 The seeds of fire, Which unextinguish'd glow in ev'ry pyre. 1817Shelley Rev. Islam Ded. xiv, Two tranquil stars..That burn from year to year with unextinguished light. 1858Hawthorne Fr. & It. Note-bks. II. 175 The comet was already visible amid the unextinguished glow of twilight.
b. Of feelings, etc. (Cf. unextinguishable a.)
1700Dryden Sigism. & Guisc. 732 If thou hast remaining in thy Heart Some Sense of Love, some unextinguish'd Part Of former Kindness. 1757W. Wilkie Epigoniad vii. 198 But burning still the unextinguish'd pain, The shore he left. 1800Coleridge Talleyrand to Ld. Grenville 71 Your merit self-conscious..keeps you up, Unextinguish'd and swoln. 1858Sears Athan. iii. x. 331 There is conflict between the Holy Spirit..and our own unextinguished selfishness. |
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