单词 | unexpugnable |
释义 | unexˈpugnable, a. [un-1 7 b and 5 b.] = inexpugnable a.
1382Wyclif Ezek. xxxii. 12 Alle thes folkis ben vnexpugnable, or mowen not be ouercomen. 1388― 2 Macc. xii. 21. 1533 Bellenden Livy ii. iv. (S.T.S.) I. 140 He began to edifie ane strang toure..quhilk be municioun and straitnes of þe ground apperit Vnexpugnabil. 1608Chapman Byron's Conspir. Plays 1873 II. 225 Their owne strengths Are not so sure and vnexpugnable But that [etc.]. 1653H. Cogan Diod. Sic. 70 Arabia is a country unexpugnable to a forraign enemy. 1831Scott Ct. Rob. xxiv, A safe and unexpugnable barrier of the empire against the Saracens. |

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