uncowl

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To divest or deprive of a cowl (monk's hood or hooded robe). transitive
    — See’st thou an Isle, by Palmers, Pilgrims trod, Men bearded, bald, cowl’d, uncowl’d, shod, unshod,
  2. To uncover; to unveil. archaic,figuratively,transitive
    — 1797, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Osorio, London: John Pearson, 1873, Act I, p. 24, I pray you, think us friends—uncowl your face, For you seem faint, and the night-breeze blows healing.
  3. To remove or pull back one's cowl.
    — “Monseigneur, it is not often your capuchin uncowls; least of all when he wishes to remain unknown! […]”
  4. To remove the cowl (protective covering) from (an engine). transitive
    — […] uncowling the airplane before each flight is neither practical nor expected. In fact, uncowling such an airplane repeatedly may wear the latching or fastening devices.

词形变化

uncowls present,singular,third-person uncowling participle,present uncowled participle,past uncowled past

词源

From un- + cowl.
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