misuse

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An incorrect, improper or unlawful use of something. countable,uncountable
    — The Queen may be celebrating her jubilee but the Queen's English Society, which has railed against the misuse and deterioration of the English language, is to fold.
动词 v.
  1. To use (something) incorrectly. transitive
  2. To abuse or mistreat (something or someone). transitive
  3. To rape (a woman); later more generally, to sexually abuse (someone). transitive
    — “If that is true she would be the first case I have ever heard of, as most female captives are misused by the entire tribe.”
  4. To abuse verbally, to insult. obsolete,transitive
    — Socrates was brought upon the stage by Aristophanes, and misused to his face: but he laughed, as if it concerned him not […].

词形变化

misuses plural misuses present,singular,third-person misusing participle,present misused participle,past misused past misust obsolete,participle,past misust obsolete,past

词汇关系

衍生词
misuser

词源

词源 1
From mis- + use (noun).
词源 2
From mis- + use (verb).
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