misfire

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vi. 不发火, 失败 n. 不发火, 失败

发音

其它 /ˈmɪs.faɪ(ɹ)/
其它 /mɪsˈfaɪ(ɹ)/
/ˈmɪs.faɪ.ɚ/

词形变化

misfires 复数 misfires misfired misfires 三单 misfiring misfiring 现在分词 misfired 过去式 misfired 过去分词

别名

miss fire

教材释义与例句

名词

失败；不发火

动词

失败；不发火

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An act of misfiring.

  2. 2.

    A failure.

    比喻

    1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries 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.

v.
  1. 1.

    To fail to ignite in the proper sequence.

    失火

  2. 2.

    To fail to achieve the anticipated result.

    引申义

    His practical joke misfired and he nearly burnt my left hand.

  3. 3.

    To fail to discharge properly.

    工程 政治 军事
  4. 4.

    To initiate an action potential without the proper stimulus.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

miss dud

上位词 2

failure breakdown
动词

上位词 9

go die break fail break down give out conk out give way go bad

词源

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

来源：wiktionary