单词 | misplacement |
释义 | misplacementn. The action of misplacing something; the fact or condition of being misplaced; wrong position, displacement; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > [noun] > placing in wrong position misplacing1589 misplacement1655 mislocationa1661 malposition1796 1655 H. More Antidote against Atheism (ed. 2) App. v. 326 The story of the misplacement of certain Mountains on the Earth. 1676 H. More Remarks 2 Disc. 93 The measure of misplacement of the parts of the matter of the Universe. 1838 N. Amer. Rev. July 171 There are other morbid sounds in the respiration, besides those which arise from what we may call the misplacement of such as are healthy. 1876 J. S. Bristowe Treat. Theory & Pract. Med. ii. vi. 845 Misplacements of the kidneys. 1881 B. F. Westcott & F. J. A. Hort New Test. in Orig. Greek II. Introd. iv. 301 The confusion arising out of the misplacement of the incident. 1906 J. H. Moulton Gram. New Test. Greek I. 84 A very curious misplacement of the article occurs in the ὁ ὄχλος πολύς of Jn. 129. 1982 W. Buchan John Buchan i. 23 JB used to be severe about the mistreatment or misplacement of books. 1991 W. Styron Darkness Visible v. 57 Each momentary misplacement filled me with a frenzied dismay, each item being the tactile reminder of a world soon to be obliterated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1655 |
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