释义 |
misˈgrowth [mis-1 4.] A distorted or abortive growth.
1647Hexham, Een Miswas in kruyden, boomen, &c., a Misgrowth in hearbes, trees, &c. 1819Coleridge in Lit. Rem. (1836) II. 204 A misgrowth or lusus of the capricious..genius of Shakspeare. 1848Clough Amours de Voy. iii. 170 Our strivings, mistakings, misgrowths, and perversions. 1883A. W. Ward Eng. Poets II. 443 A disgraceful illustration of too common a misgrowth of patriotism. |