untruss
/uhn-truhs/US // ʌnˈtrʌs //UK // (ʌnˈtrʌs) //
解除束缚,解铃还须系铃人,解缆,解开绳子
Definitions
- 1
Archaic.
- : to loose from or as if from a truss.
Examples
Rude hands seized me from behind, and the doublet was torn from my back by fingers that never paused to untruss my points.
I beseech ye, be so kind as to let me be the first that is sent on shore; for I would by all means a little untruss a point.
Arrange on a very hot dish, untruss, throw in two tablespoons of white broth.
He calls this “a second untruss,” and was censured for having drawn it from personal revenge.
I have it from Carling, worthy man; and lawyers can be brought to untruss a point over a cup of claret.
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