Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter U - Page 27
Untrue (a.) [Z] 不真實的；不正確的；假的；【文】不忠實的 [F] [（+to）] Not true; false; contrary to the fact; as, the story is untrue.
Untrue (a.) Not faithful; inconstant; false; disloyal. -- Chaucer.
Untrue (adv.) Untruly. [Obs. or Poetic] -- Chaucer.
Untrue (a.) Not according with the facts; "unfortunately the statement was simply untrue."
Untrue (a.) Not true to an obligation or trust; "is untrue to his highest opportunity and duty" -- Bruno Laske.
Untrue (a.) Not accurately fitted; not level; "the frame was out of true"; "off-level floors and untrue doors and windows" [syn: {out of true}, {untrue}].
Untrue (a.) (Used especially of persons) Not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful; "a false friend"; "when lovers prove untrue" [syn: {false}, {untrue}].
Untruism (n.) Something not true; a false statement. [Recent & R.] -- A. Trollope.
Untrunked (a.) Separated from its trunk or stock. [Obs.]
Untruss (v. t.) To loose from a truss, or as from a truss; to untie or unfasten; to let out; to undress. [R.] -- Dryden. Untruss
Untruss (n.) Alt. of Untrusser.
Untrusser (n.) One who untrussed persons for the purpose of flogging them; a public whipper. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Untrust (n.) Distrust. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Untrustful (a.) Not trustful or trusting.
Untrustful (a.) Not to be trusted; not trusty. [R.] -- Sir W. Scott.
Untruth (n.) The quality of being untrue; contrariety to truth; want of veracity; also, treachery; faithlessness; disloyalty. -- Chaucer.
Untruth (n.) That which is untrue; a false assertion; a falsehood; a lie; also, an act of treachery or disloyalty. -- Shak.
Syn: Lie; falsehood. See Lie.
Untruth (n.) A false statement [syn: falsehood, falsity, untruth] [ant: true statement, truth].
Untruthful (a.) Not truthful; unveracious; contrary to the truth or the fact. -- Un*truth"ful*ly, adv. -- Un*truth"ful*ness, n.
Untruthful (a.) Not expressing or given to expressing the truth; "the statement given under oath was untruthful"; "an untruthful person" [ant: true, truthful].
Untruthfulness (n.) 不真實，虛偽 The quality of being untruthful [ant: {truthfulness}].
Untuck (v. t.) To unfold or undo, as a tuck; to release from a tuck or fold.
Untune (v. t.) To make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action; to put out of tune. -- Shak.
Untune (v.) Cause to lose one's composure [syn: upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit].
Untune (v.) Cause to be out of tune; "Don't untune that string!" [ant: tune, tune up].
Unturn (v. t.) To turn in a reserve way, especially so as to open something; as, to unturn a key. -- Keats.
Unturned (a.) Not turned; not revolved or reversed.
To leave no stone unturned, to leave nothing untried for accomplishing one's purpose.
[He] left unturned no stone To make my guilt appear, and hide his own. -- Dryden.
Unturned (a.) Not turned; "left no stone unturned" [ant: turned].
Untwain (v. t.) To rend in twain; to tear in two. [Obs.] -- Skelton.
Untwine (v. t.) To untwist; to separate, as that which is twined or twisted; to disentangle; to untie.
It requires a long and powerful counter sympathy in a nation to untwine the ties of custom which bind a people to the established and the old. -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Untwine (v. i.) To become untwined. -- Milton.
Untwine (v.) Undo what has been twined together; "untwine the strings" [ant: enlace, entwine, interlace, intertwine, ace, twine].
Untwirl (v. t.) To untwist; to undo. -- Ash.
Untwist (v. t.) To separate and open, as twisted threads; to turn back, as that which is twisted; to untwine.
If one of the twines of the twist do untwist, The twine that untwisteth, untwisteth the twist. -- Wallis.
Untwist (v. t.) To untie; to open; to disentangle. -- Milton.
Untwist (v.) Cause to become untwisted [ant: distort, twine, twist].
Unty (v. t.) To untie. [Archaic] -- Young.
Unusage (n.) Want or lack of usage. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Unused (a.) Not used; as, an unused book; an unused apartment.
Unused (a.) Not habituated; unaccustomed.
Unused to bend, Impatient of control. -- Thomson
Unused (a.) Not yet used or soiled; "a fresh shirt"; "a fresh sheet of paper"; "an unused envelope" [syn: fresh, unused].
Unused (a.) Not yet put into use; "we bought an unused car for a change."
Unused (a.) Not in active use; "the machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands" [syn: idle, unused].
Unused (a.) Infrequently exposed to; "feet unused to shoes."
Unusual (a.) Not usual; uncommon; rare; as, an unusual season; a person of unusual grace or erudition. -- Un*u"su*al*ly, adv. -- Un*u"su*al*ness, n.
Unusual (a.) Not usual or common or ordinary; "a scene of unusual beauty"; "a man of unusual ability"; "cruel and unusual punishment"; "an unusual meteorite" [ant: usual].
Unusual (a.) Being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird; "a strange exaltation that was indefinable"; "a strange fantastical mind"; "what a strange sense of humor she has" [syn: strange, unusual] [ant: familiar].
Unusual (a.) Not commonly encountered; "two-career families are no longer unusual."
Unusuality (n.) Unusualness. -- Poe.
Compare: Erudition
Erudition (n.) 博學；學識 The act of instructing; the result of thorough instruction; the state of being erudite or learned; the acquisitions gained by extensive reading or study; particularly, learning in literature or criticism, as distinct from the sciences; scholarship.
The management of a young lady's person is not be overlooked, but the erudition of her mind is much more to be regarded. -- Steele.
The gay young gentleman whose erudition sat so easily upon him. -- Macaulay.
Syn: Literature; learning. See Literature.
Erudition (n.) Profound scholarly knowledge [syn: eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship,
encyclopedism, encyclopaedism].
Erudition, (n.) Dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull.
So wide his erudition's mighty span, He knew Creation's origin and plan And only came by accident to grief -- He thought, poor man, 'twas right to be a thief. Romach Pute
Unutterable (a.) 非言語所能形容的，說不出的；十足的 Not utterable; incapable of being spoken or voiced; inexpressible; ineffable; unspeakable; as, unutterable anguish.
Sighed and looked unutterable things. -- Thomson. -- Un*ut"ter*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*ut"ter*a*bly, adv.
Unutterable (a.) Too sacred to be uttered; "the ineffable name of the Deity" [syn: ineffable, unnameable, unspeakable, unutterable].
Unutterable (a.) Defying expression or description; "indefinable yearnings"; "indescribable beauty"; "ineffable ecstasy"; "inexpressible anguish"; "unspeakable happiness"; "unutterable contempt"; "a thing of untellable splendor" [syn: indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, untellable, unutterable].
Unutterable (a.) Very difficult to pronounce correctly; "an unpronounceable foreign word"; "unutterable consonant clusters" [syn: unpronounceable, unutterable].
Unvail (v. t. & i.) See Unveil.
Unvaluable (a.) Invaluable; being beyond price. [Obs.] -- South.
Unvaluable (a.) Not valuable; having little value. [R.] -- T. Adams.
Unvalued (a.) 不受重視的 Not valued; not appraised; hence, not considered; disregarded; valueless; as, an unvalued estate. "Unvalued persons." -- Shak.
Unvalued (a.) Having inestimable value; invaluable. [Obs.]
The golden apples of unvalued price. -- Spenser.
Unvalued (a.) Having value that is not acknowledged [syn: unappreciated, unsung, unvalued].
Unvariable (a.) Invariable. -- Donne.
Unveil (v. t.) 除去……的面紗（或覆蓋物）；揭開……的幕；使公諸於眾；揭露 To remove a veil from; to divest of a veil; to uncover; to disclose to view; to reveal; as, she unveiled her face.
Unveil (v. i.) 除去面紗（或覆蓋物）；揭幕；揭露出來 To remove a veil; to reveal one's self.
Unveil (v.) Remove the veil from; "Women must not unveil themselves in public in Islamic societies" [ant: veil].
Unveil (v.) Make visible; "Summer brings out bright clothes"; "He brings out the best in her" [syn: uncover, bring out, unveil, reveal].
Unveil (v.) Remove the cover from; "unveil a painting."
Unveiler (n.) One who removes a veil.
Unveracity (n.) Want of veracity; untruthfulness; as, unveracity of heart. -- Carlyle.
Unvessel (v. t.) To cause to be no longer a vessel; to empty. [Obs.] -- Ford.
Unvicar (v. t.) To deprive of the position or office a vicar. [R.] -- Strype.
Unviolable (a.) Inviolable.
Unvisard (v. t.) To take the vizard or mask from; to unmask. [Written also unvizard.] [Obs.] -- Milton.
Unvisible (a.) Invisible. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.
Unvisibly (adv.) Invisibly. [Obs.]
Unvitiated (a.) Not vitiated; pure.
Unvoluntary (a.) Involuntary. [Obs.] -- Fuller.
Compare: Involuntary
Involuntary (a.) 非自願的；非出本意的；非故意的；無意的；偶然的；不受意志控制的；不由自主的Not having will or the power of choice.
Involuntary (a.) Not under the influence or control of the will; not voluntary; as, the involuntary movements of the body; involuntary muscle fibers.
Involuntary (a.) Not proceeding from choice; done unwillingly; reluctant; compulsory; as, involuntary submission. Involute
Involuntary (a.) Not subject to the control of the will; "involuntary manslaughter"; "involuntary servitude"; "an involuntary shudder"; "It (becoming a hero) was involuntary. They sank my boat"- John F.Kennedy [syn: involuntary, nonvoluntary, unvoluntary] [ant: voluntary].
Involuntary (a.) Controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control; "involuntary muscles"; "gave an involuntary start" [ant: voluntary].
Involuntary. () An involuntary act is that which is performed with constraint, (q. v.) or with repugnance, or without the will to do it. An action is involuntary then, which is performed under duress. Wolff, Sec. 5. Vide Duress.
Unvoluntary (a.) Not subject to the control of the will; "involuntary manslaughter"; "involuntary servitude"; "an involuntary shudder"; "It (becoming a hero) was involuntary. They sank my boat" -- John F.Kennedy [syn: involuntary, nonvoluntary, unvoluntary] [ant: voluntary].
Unvote (v. t.) To reverse or annul by vote, as a former vote. [R.] -- Bp, Burnet.
Unvoweled (a.) Having no vowel sounds or signs. [Written also unvowelled.] -- Skinner.
Unvulgarize (v. t.) To divest of vulgarity; to make to be not vulgar. -- Lamb.
Unvulnerable (a.) Invulnerable. [Obs.]
Unware (a.) Unaware; not foreseeing; being off one's guard. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. -- Fairfax.
Compare: Unaware
Unaware (a.) 不知道的；未察覺到的 [F] [（+of）] [+that] Not aware; not noticing; giving no heed; thoughtless; inattentive. -- Swift.
Unaware (adv.) 【文】不知不覺地，無意地；意外地，突然地 Unawares. [Poetic] -- Dryden.
Unaware (a.) (Often followed by `of') Not aware; "seemed unaware of the scrutiny"; "unaware of the danger they were in"; "unaware of the newborn hope"; "the most unaware person I've known" [syn: unaware, incognizant] [ant: aware(p), cognisant, cognizant].
Unware (a.) Happening unexpectedly; unforeseen. [Obs.]
The unware woe of harm that cometh behind. -- Chaucer. -- Un*ware"ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Un*ware"ness, n. [Obs.]
Unwares (adv.) Unawares; unexpectedly; -- sometimes preceded by at. [Obs.] -- Holinshed.
Unwarily (adv.) 不謹慎地；粗心地；不警惕地 In an unwary manner.
Unwarily (adv.) Without heed or caution [ant: warily].
Unwariness (n.) The quality or state of being unwary; carelessness; heedlessness.
Unwariness (n.) The trait of not being cautious and watchful [ant: chariness, wariness].
Unwarm (v. t.) 不暖和To lose warmth; to grow cold. [R.]
Unwarp (v. t.) 解開；打開；展開 To restore from a warped state; to cause to be linger warped.
Unwarped (a.) 沒有彎翹不平的；公正的 Not warped; hence, not biased; impartial.
Unwarrantable (a.) 無法證明為正當的；無法律依據的；不合法的 Not warrantable; indefensible; not vindicable; not justifiable; illegal; unjust; improper. --
Un*war"rant*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*war"rant*a*bly, adv.
Unwarrantable (a.) Incapable of being justified or explained [syn: indefensible, insupportable, unjustifiable, unwarrantable, unwarranted].
Unwarranted, () See warranted.
Unwarranted (a.) 無保證的；未經授權的；無根據的 Not warranted; being without warrant, authority, or guaranty; unwarrantable.
Unwarranted (a.) Incapable of being justified or explained [syn: indefensible, insupportable, unjustifiable, unwarrantable, unwarranted].
Unwarranted (a.) Without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy" [syn: baseless, groundless, idle, unfounded, unwarranted, wild].
Unwarranted (a.) Lacking justification or authorization; "desire for undue private profit"; "unwarranted limitations of personal freedom" [syn: undue, unjustified, unwarranted].
Unwary (a.) 不謹慎的；粗心的；不警惕的 Not vigilant against danger; not wary or cautious; unguarded; precipitate; heedless; careless.
Unwary (a.) Unexpected; unforeseen; unware. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Unwary (a.) Not alert to danger or deception; "the shrieks of unwary animals taken by surprise"; "some thieves prey especially on unwary travelers"; "seduce the unwary reader into easy acquiescence" -- O.J.Campbell [ant: wary].
Unwashed (a.) 未洗的；髒的；下層人民的，平民百姓的 Not washed or cleansed; filthy; unclean.
Unwashed (a.) Of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses" [syn: common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed].
Unwashed (a.) Not cleaned with or as if with soap and water; "a sink full of unwashed dishes."
Unwashen (a.) Not washed. [Archaic] "To eat with unwashen hands." -- Matt. xv. 20.
Unwayed (a.) Not used to travel; as, colts that are unwayed. [Obs.] -- Suckling.
Unwayed (a.) Having no ways or roads; pathless. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.
Unwearied (a.) Not wearied; not fatigued or tired; hence, persistent; not tiring or wearying; indefatigable. -- Un*wea"ried*ly, adv. -- Un*wea"ried*ness, n.
Unwearied (a.) With unreduced energy [syn: untired, unwearied, unweary].
Unweary, () See weary.
Unweary (v. t.) To cause to cease being weary; to refresh. [Obs.] -- Dryden.
Unweary (a.) With unreduced energy [syn: untired, unwearied, unweary].
Unweave (v. t.) 拆散（織物等）；解開 To unfold; to undo; to ravel, as what has been woven.
Unweave (v.) Undo strands that have been woven together [ant: interweave, weave].
Unwedgeable (a.) Not to be split with wedges. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Unweeting (a.) Unwitting. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. Spenser. -- Un*weet"ing*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Unweighed (a.) Not weighed; not pondered or considered; as, an unweighed statement.
Unweighing (a.) Not weighing or pondering; inconsiderate. -- Shak. Unweld
Unweld (a.) Alt. of Unweldy.
Unweldy (a.) Unwieldy; unmanageable; clumsy. [Obs.]
Our old limbs move [may] well be unweld. -- Chaucer.
Unwell (a.) 不舒服的，有病的；月經來潮的 Not well; indisposed; not in good health; somewhat ill; ailing.
Unwell (a.) (Med.) Specifically, ill from menstruation; affected with, or having, catamenial; menstruant.
Note: This word was formerly regarded as an Americanism, but is now in common use among all who speak the English language.
Unwell (a.) Somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is unwell and can't come to work" [syn: ailing, indisposed, peaked(p), poorly(p), sickly, unwell, under the weather, seedy].
Unwellness (n.) Quality or state of being unwell.
Unwellness (n.) Impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism [syn: illness, unwellness, malady, sickness] [ant: health, wellness].
Unwemmed (a.) Not blemished; undefiled; pure. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.
With body clean and with unwemmed thought. -- Chaucer.
Unwhole (a.) Not whole; unsound. [Obs.]
Unwieldy (a.) 不靈便的；使用不便的；笨重的，龐大的 Not easily wielded or carried; unmanageable; bulky; ponderous. "A fat, unwieldy body of fifty-eight years old." -- Clarendon. -- Un*wield"i*ly, adv. -- Un*wield"i*ness, n.
Unwieldy (a.) Difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape; "we set about towing the unwieldy structure into the shelter"; "almost dropped the unwieldy parcel" [syn: unwieldy, unmanageable] [ant: wieldy].
Unwieldy (a.) Difficult to work or manipulate; "unwieldy rules and regulations."
Unwieldy (a.) Lacking grace in movement or posture; "a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair" [syn: gawky, clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy].
Unwild (v. t.) To tame; to subdue. [Obs. & R.] -- Sylvester.
Unwill (v. t.) To annul or reverse by an act of the will. -- Longfellow.
Unwilled (a.) Deprived of the faculty of will or volition. -- Mrs. Browning.
Unwilled (a.) 非故意的 Without deliberate intent; "my heart with unwilled love grew warm" -- George Macdonald [syn: unintentional, unwilled].
Unwilled (a.) Without deliberate volition.
Unwilling (a.) 不願意的；不情願的；厭惡的 [+to-v]；勉強的 Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling servant.
And drop at last, but in unwilling ears, This saving counsel, "Keep your piece nine years." -- Pope. -- Un*will"ing*ly, adv. -- Un*will"ing*ness, n.
Unwilling (a.) Not disposed or inclined toward; "an unwilling assistant"; "unwilling to face facts" [ant: willing].
Unwilling (a.) In spite of contrary volition.
Unwillingly (adv.) 不情願地；勉強地 In an unwilling manner; "he had sinned against her unwillingly" [ant: volitionally, willingly].
Unwillingly (adv.) (Comparative more unwillingly, superlative most unwillingly) 不願意地；不情願地；勉強地 In an unwilling or uncooperative manner.
Unwind (v. t.) 解開；展開；鬆開；捲回；（使）心情輕鬆 To wind off; to loose or separate, as what or convolved; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread; to unwind a ball of yarn.
Unwind (v. t.) To disentangle. [Obs.] -- Hooker.
Unwind (v. i.) To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.
Unwind (v.) Reverse the winding or twisting of; "unwind a ball of yarn" [syn: unwind, wind off, unroll] [ant: roll, twine, wind, wrap].
Unwind (v.) Separate the tangles of [syn: unwind, disentangle].
Unwind (v.) Become less tense, rest, or take one's ease; "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work" [syn: relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down] [ant: tense, tense up].
Unwind (v.) Cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes me" [syn: relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed] [ant: strain, tense, tense up].
Unwisdom (n.) 不智；愚蠢；魯莽 [U] Want of wisdom; unwise conduct or action; folly; simplicity; ignorance.
Sumptuary laws are among the exploded fallacies which we have outgrown, and we smile at the unwisdom which could except to regulate private habits and manners by statute. -- J. A. Froude.
Unwise (a.) 不明智的；愚蠢的；欠考慮的；輕率的 Not wise; defective in wisdom; injudicious; indiscreet; foolish; as, an unwise man; unwise kings; unwise measures.
Unwise (a.) Showing or resulting from lack of judgment or wisdom; "an unwise investor is soon impoverished."
Unwise (a.) Not appropriate to the purpose [syn: inexpedient, unwise].
Unwisely (adv.) 不明智地；愚蠢地；輕率地 In an unwise manner; foolishly.
Unwisely (adv.) Without good sense or judgment; "He acted foolishly when he agreed to come" [syn: foolishly, unwisely] [ant: sagely, wisely].
Unwish (v. t.) 停止希望（某事） To wish not to be; to destroy by wishing. [Obs.]
Now thou hast unwished five thousand men. -- Shak.
Unwist (a.) Not known; unknown. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. Spenser.
Unwist (a.) Not knowing; unwitting. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.
Unwit (v. t.) 使不智；使心神喪失 To deprive of wit. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Unwit (n.) Want of wit or understanding; ignorance. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Unwitch (v. t.) To free from a witch or witches; to fee from witchcraft. -- B. Jonson.