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To take off the paper, plastic, cloth, or foil that is around something. You unwrap a present, a sandwich, a bar of chocolate, a new phone. It is the plain, everyday opposite of `wrap`.
To take off the paper, plastic, cloth, or foil把紙、塑膠、布或鋁箔拿掉 that is around something包在某樣東西外面的。You unwrap你會unwrap a present禮物, a sandwich三明治, a bar of chocolate一條巧克力, a new phone一支新手機。It is the plain, everyday opposite of它是平常、日常的反義詞 `wrap``wrap`。
Two small things make it richer than it first looks. First, the object has to have been wrapped by someone — you unwrap a birthday gift, but you `open` a box and `peel` a banana. Second, the word carries a bit of the feeling of the moment: unwrapping is slow, and there is something inside.
Two small things make it richer than it first looks有兩個小地方讓它比表面看起來更豐富。First第一, the object has to have been wrapped by someone那個東西必須先被別人包起來 — you unwrap a birthday gift你unwrap生日禮物, but you `open` a box and `peel` a banana但你是`open`一個箱子、`peel`一根香蕉。Second第二, the word carries a bit of the feeling of the moment這個字帶著一點那個時刻的感覺: unwrapping is slow拆的動作是慢慢來的, and there is something inside而且裡面有東西。
That is why it appears so much around Christmas, birthdays, and 拆箱 videos.
That is why it appears so much這就是為什麼它常常出現 around Christmas, birthdays, and 拆箱 videos在聖誕節、生日和拆箱影片裡。
People also stretch it a little. A person who has been sitting curled up may "unwrap" their arms and legs. And a story or an argument can be described as being unwrapped — meaning layer by layer, someone shows you what is inside — though `` is the more common word for ideas.
People also stretch it a little人們也會把它稍微延伸使用。A person who has been sitting curled up一個蜷縮著坐的人 may "unwrap" their arms and legs可以『unwrap』他的手腳。And a story or an argument而一個故事或論點 can be described as being unwrapped也可以被說成被unwrap — meaning layer by layer意思是一層一層地, someone shows you what is inside有人向你展示裡面是什麼 — though `unpack` is the more common word for ideas不過講到想法時,`unpack`是比較常見的字。
Grammar note: it doubles the p. unwrap → unwrapped, unwrapping. That doubling catches many .
Grammar note文法小提醒: it doubles the pp要重複。unwrap → unwrapped, unwrappingunwrap → unwrapped、unwrapping。That doubling catches many learners這個重複的規則常常讓學習者出錯。
組成un-(表示「相反的動作、解除」)+ wrap(包)。要注意這裡的 un- 和 unhappy 的 un- 不完全一樣:unhappy 的 un- 是「不」,unwrap 的 un- 是「把做過的事倒回去」——像 undo(復原)、untie(解開)、unlock(開鎖)一樣。中古英語就有 unwrappen 這個字了。
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
unwrapverb/ʌnˈɹæp/
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To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded.
- For at least two hours the Boy loved him, and then Aunts and Uncles came to dinner, and there was a great rustling of tissue paper and unwrapping of parcels, and in the excitement of looking at all the new presents the Velveteen Rabbit was forgotten.
- Soon the plate was full of wingless bats and batless wings. He covered the plate of broken bats and quickly unwrapped the plate of cat cookies. Snap, snap, snap went their tails. Snap, snap, snap went their legs.
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To become unwrapped.
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computingengineeringmathematicsTo remove word wrap from.
- Use the SHIFT key to unwrap text.
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computer-graphicscomputingengineeringTo flatten (a three-dimensional model) into a two-dimensional plane.
unwrapnoun/ʌnˈɹæp/
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An act of unwrapping.
- Each of us, content within / this yuletide season we begin, / the cheerfulness of eager voices, / at each unwrap, a child rejoices.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。