亚洲网紅露点

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unknown

[ uhn-nohn ]

adjective

  1. not known; not within the range of one's knowledge, experience, or understanding; strange; unfamiliar.
  2. not discovered, explored, identified, or ascertained:

    the unknown parts of Antarctica.

  3. not widely known; not famous; obscure:

    an unknown writer.



noun

  1. a thing, influence, area, factor, or person that is unknown:

    the many unknowns in modern medicine; The director cast an unknown in the leading role.

  2. Mathematics. a symbol representing an unknown quantity: in algebra, analysis, etc., frequently represented by a letter from the last part of the alphabet, as x, y, or z.

unknown

/ 蕦苍藞苍蓹蕣苍 /

adjective

  1. not known, understood, or recognized
  2. not established, identified, or discovered

    an unknown island

  3. not famous; undistinguished

    some unknown artist

  4. unknown quantity
    a person or thing whose action, effect, etc, is unknown or unpredictable
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an unknown person, quantity, or thing
  2. maths a variable, or the quantity it represents, the value of which is to be discovered by solving an equation; a variable in a conditional equation

    3y = 4x + 5 is an equation in two unknowns

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 耻苍藞办苍辞飞苍苍别蝉蝉, noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of unknown1

First recorded in 1250鈥1300, unknown is from the Middle English word unknow(e)n. See un- 1, known
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"Nobody in England knew an awful lot about him. Everybody who knows football said it was going to be a huge task and that this was an unknown coach who comes from the Netherlands."

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There is a big unknown lurking out there, though: What is Aaron Rodgers planning to do?

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It鈥檚 just that every loop brings new nightmares, unknown dangers and different predators, never allowing the group to get ahead of things.

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Among all measles patients, 96% were not vaccinated or had an unknown vaccination status.

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So the whereabouts of pieces like a gold collar from the pyramid of King Talakhamani at Nuri, which dates to the 5th Century BC, are unknown.

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unknowingunknown quantity