| 单词 |
unfilled |
| 释义 |
unˈfilled, ppl. a.
[un-1 8, 8 c. Cf. OE. unᵹefylled, Du. ongevuld, G. unausgefüllt.]
1. Not filled; not made full.
1584Cogan Haven Health ccxiv. 201 That it were better to eate fine meates first, and grosser meates afterward, if perchaunce any corner were left vnfilled. 1601Shakes. Twel. N. ii. iii. 7 A false conclusion: I hate it as an vnfill'd Canne. 1646Crashaw Sospetto d'Herode xlii, A cursed Feast, Which Harpyes, with leane Famine feed upon, Unfill'd for ever. 1755Johnson, Unstuffed, unfilled, unfurnished. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. i. vii. i, Our mouths, unfilled with bread, are to be shut, under penalties? 1893Spectator 15 Apr. 471/1 The Colonies..possess great properties in their unfilled lands.
b. With up.
c1640J. Smyth Lives Berkeleys (1883) II. 380 Hee..being within less then his length of an old Colepit unfilled up. 1817J. Scott Paris Revisit. (ed. 4) 105 That their capacities..did not seem to be improved,—that much of them remained unfilled up.
†2. Unfulfilled. Obs.
c1400Apol. Loll. 34 So is no man worþi to mak a letter or title of his to go by vnfillid. 1651Baxter Inf. Bapt. 296 Those to whom that Promise is yet unfilled. |
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