misfire

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ˈmɪs.faɪ.ɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An act of misfiring.
  2. A failure. figuratively
    — The fact is, Mr Carrados, Gertrude is a misfire. It was the surprise of her life (if I said "disappointment" you'd think me catty) when Mark married me, and she didn't set out to be pleasant to the interloper.
动词 v.
  1. To fail to discharge properly.
  2. To fail to ignite in the proper sequence.
  3. To initiate an action potential without the proper stimulus.
  4. To fail to achieve the anticipated result. broadly
    — His practical joke misfired and he nearly burnt my left hand.

词形变化

misfires plural misfires present,singular,third-person misfiring participle,present misfired participle,past misfired past

词汇关系

衍生词
misfirer
相关词
back fire backfire hang fire

词源

词源 1
Either a univerbation of earlier miss fire, or the compound mis- + fire (or possibly a confluence of both).
词源 2
Either a univerbation of earlier miss fire, or the compound mis- + fire (or possibly a confluence of both).
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