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unstrung

/uhn-struhng/US // ʌnˈstrʌŋ //UK // (ʌnˈstrʌŋ) //

无弦,无弦的,无线,无绳

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Definitions

v.动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : simple past tense and past participle of unstring.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having the string or strings loosened or removed, as a bow or harp.
    • : weakened or nervously unhinged, as a person or a person's nerves; unnerved; discomposed: The incident left him unstrung.

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Examples

  • There was a vicious aching in his nerves, his muscles were flaccid and unstrung; a numbness was in his brain as well.

  • The incident did not demand more than a few seconds for its transaction and Winifred hardly noticed it, so unstrung was she.

  • Paralysis has unnerved and unstrung the whole system and yet the mind has remained uninjured.

  • Her countenance revealed her vivid emotions; she was overwrought, unstrung, half-crazed after a night spent with her fears.

  • The mothers were so nervous and unstrung that though they occasionally shut their eyes, the slumber was fitful and brief.