| 单词 |
unstanchable |
| 释义 |
unˈstanchable, a.
[un-1 7 b.]
1. Incapable of being stopped or ended.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. ii. pr. vii. (1868) 58 By þe regard of eternite, þat is vnstauncheable [L. inexhausta] and infinit. 1430–40Lydg. Bochas viii. xvii. (1558) 12 With heed enclyned no word he spake again, Fyll in wepinge, with subbyng vnstaunchable. 1571Golding Calvin on Ps. xxiii. 6 Gods goodnesse is unstaunchable. 1670Swan Spec. M. 440 The wounds of the Hæmorrhois procure unstanchable bleeding. 1837Carlyle Necklace, Misc. Ess. (1840) V. 104 He burst into unstanchable blubbering of tears. 1880Swinburne Stud. Shaks. (ed. 2) i. 51 That perpetual source of debate unstanchable and inexhaustible dispute.
2. Unquenchable, insatiable.
1426Lydg. De Guil. Pilgr. 13053 Evere ther glotons appetyt Ys so ful off ffals delyt, So gredy and so vnstaunchable. c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode iii. xiv. (1869) 142 Vnstaunchable is my wille;..my affeccioun may haue no fulfillinge. 1440J. Shirley Dethe K. James (1818) 25 Consideryng his unstaunchable covetise. 1590Serpent of Deris. A iij b/2 His greedy unstancheable thirste of covetousnes. 1625Jackson Creed v. xxxii. §3. 307 The flames of..ill⁓kindled loue..hath caused his stonie heart to boyle over with vnstaunchable bloudie malice. |
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