| 释义 |
misˈdrive, v.
[mis-1 1.]
†1. trans. ? To commit (a wrong). Obs.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 116 If trespas be misdryuen, & do þin owen socoure, & I wille make amendes.
2. To drive in a wrong direction.
a1631Donne Serm. lxxxiv. Wks. 1839 IV. 58 They are miscarried, misdriven,..with the spirit of giddiness. 1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 74 A curious frame..so featly set together..that should but any one pin of it be mis-driven..you hazard the cracking..of the whole. 1885Sir H. Taylor Autobiogr. I. 298 The Government..was so much misled, or rather misdriven, as to supersede him in office. |