| 释义 |
misˈmated, pa. pple. and ppl. a.
[mis-1 2.]
Ill-mated, ill-matched, unsuitably allied.
1825J. Neal Bro. Jonathan III. 382 The windows carefully mismated, no two of a size. 1858J. G. Holland Titcomb's Lett. v. 132 A mismated match is much worse than unmated life. 1859Tennyson Enid 1275 Not all mismated with a yawning clown. 1883Century Mag. XXVI. 245/1 Several pairs of mismated oars. 1914F. L. Packard Miracle Man i. 10 Trousers..torn at the ankles where they flapped around miss-mated socks and shoes. 1931Weekend Rev. 16 May 743/2 It presents him [sc. Bulwer-Lytton]..as the child of his mismated parents. 1952W. Styron Lie down in Darkness v. 194 At that age he was clear-headed enough to understand that he was not alone in a world of mismated passions: others betrayed and were betrayed, and got tired of loving. |