unrove
/uhn-rohv/US // ʌnˈroʊv //
未批准,未获批准,未批准的,未获许可
Definitions
- 1
- : simple past tense and past participle of unreeve.
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : withdrawn from a block, thimble, etc.
Examples
Bascomb, in spite of his temper over the giving out of the horse, knelt beside the animal and unrove the cinches.
In a minute she had unrove them, and the long line lay in a little pile at her feet.
The top-sails and courses were kept bent to the yards, the sheets being unrove, and the clews tucked in.
Sometimes the halyards are unrove from the yard-arm and rounded up to the span-block, with a knot in their end.
Gear that had parted was left unrove; for a panic-stricken crew cannot be bullied or coerced.
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