unlimber
英 [ʌn'lɪmbə]
美
- vt. 准备行动
- vi. 做准备工作
- adj. 不易弯曲的
英文词源
- unlimber (v.)
- 1760, "to free (a gun) from its limber," usually for the purpose of bringing it into action, from un- (2) "opposite of" + limber "attach a gun to its limber" (see limber (n.)). Figurative sense is attested from 1864. Related: Unlimbered; unlimbering.