| 释义 |
mismate, v. rare.|mɪsˈmeɪt|
[mis-1 1: back-formation from mismated pa. pple. and ppl. a.]
intr. and refl. To mate or match (oneself) unsuitably.
1891Hardy Group of Noble Dames i. iii. 113 No syllable would have been breathed of how I mismated myself for love of you! 1946Mod. Lang. Notes Feb. 73 This is Milton's longest account of this Biblical episode, and it is clear that here the sons of God are pious men who mismate with the daughters of him ‘who slew his brother’. |