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unstrung (adj.)
[unstrung 词源字典]
1590s, "with strings relaxed" (of a harp, etc.), from
un-
(1) "not" + past participle of
string
(v.). Transferred sense of "weakened, unnerved" is recorded from 1690s.
[unstrung etymology, unstrung origin, 英语词源]
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