misfit

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɪs.fɪt/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An ill-fitting garment. archaic
    — Mr Toots’s legs shake under him; and though he is splendidly dressed, he feels misfits, and sees wrinkles, in the masterpieces of Burgess and Co., and wishes he had put on that brightest pair of boots.
  2. A failure to fit well; unsuitability, disparity.
    — And the fact that Christianity's Jesus is the resurrected Christ makes a vital point about the misfit between the Jesus whose teachings we have excavated and the Church which came after him.
  3. A badly adjusted person; someone unsuitable or set apart because of their habits, behaviour etc.
    — Do you ever feel like a misfit? Everything inside you is dark and twisted Oh, but it's okay to be different 'Cause baby, so am I
动词 v.
  1. To fit badly. intransitive,transitive
    — His suit was misfitted and looked awkward.

词形变化

misfits plural misfits present,singular,third-person misfitting participle,present misfitted participle,past misfitted past

词汇关系

近义词
maverick
衍生词
misfitdom misfit stream

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mey-?
Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der.
Proto-Germanic *missaz
Proto-Germanic *missa-
Proto-West Germanic *missa-
Old English mis-
Middle English mys-
English mis-
English fit
English misfit
From mis- + fit.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mey-?
Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der.
Proto-Germanic *missaz
Proto-Germanic *missa-
Proto-West Germanic *missa-
Old English mis-
Middle English mys-
English mis-
English fit
English misfit
From mis- + fit.
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