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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. 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.