untrain

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To reverse or undo one's training; to become less trained than before
    — The 11 girls […]are all trained dancers in real life who, for the purposes of "Billy Elliot," must untrain themselves for each performance and dance with two very left feet.

词形变化

untrains present,singular,third-person untraining participle,present untrained participle,past untrained past

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.?
Latin trahere
Vulgar Latin *tragīnāre
Old French traïnerder.
Old French trainder.
Middle English trayne
English train
English untrain
From un- + train.
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