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unwritten

英 [ʌn'rɪt(ə)n] 美[,ʌn'rɪtn]
  • adj. 不成文的;口头的;没有记录的

英英释意


1. based on custom rather than documentation;
"an unwritten law"
"rites...so ancient that they well might have had their unwritten origins in Aurignacian times"- J.L.T.C.Spence
2. using speech rather than writing;
"an oral tradition"
"an oral agreement"
3. said or done without having been planned or written in advance;
"he made a few ad-lib remarks"