misshape

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A misshapen person; a misshapen body. obsolete
    — The one of them, that elder did appeare, With her dull eyes did seeme to looke askew, That her mis-shape much helpt [...].
  2. A misshapen object; now especially, a broken item (especially food) sold individually at a cheaper price.
    — Mis-shapes, mistakes, misfits Raised on a diet of broken biscuits.
动词 v.
  1. To shape badly or incorrectly. transitive
    — Major Rawls drove us to our motel […] where a swimming pool with underwater lights had the disturbing effect of substantially enlarging and misshaping the swimmers.

词形变化

misshapes plural misshapes present,singular,third-person misshaping participle,present misshaped past misshaped participle,past misshapen obsolete,participle,past,poetic

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-
Middle English shap
English shape
English misshape
From mis- + shape.
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-
Middle English shap
English shape
English misshape
From mis- + shape.
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