| 单词 | miscount | 
| 释义 | miscountn.  Inaccurate or faulty count or reckoning. Also: an instance of this; a miscalculation. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > 			[noun]		 > in calculation > instance of miscount1551 flaw1840 1551    Cupar Town Council Rec. 17 Apr.  				The said James to pay..x merkis of myskownt. 1577    R. Holinshed Hist. Irelande  i. 4/2 in  Chron. I  				Aswel in the miscompt [1587 miscount] of yeres, as other vnlikelyhoods found therin. 1637    S. Rutherford Lett. 		(1664)	 lix. 132  				O that he would take his own blood for counts & miscounts, that I might be a free man, & none had any claim to me, but onely, onely Jesus. 1850    Comm. Boundary Lines Delaware, Maryland, & Pennsylvania 81  				The error in the distance intended to be given them apart.., was probably one of miscount. 1897    Daily News 13 May 5/3  				The Speaker has, owing to a miscount, been compelled to give a casting vote. 1903    ‘Marjoribanks’ Fluff-hunters 137  				She knew how many beans make five, and never made a miscount. 1995    Astron. Jrnl. 109 1245/2  				The period discrepancy of KM Lyr is consistent with a cycle miscount between two seasons. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). miscountv. 1.   a.  intransitive. To count wrongly or erroneously; to miscalculate, misreckon. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > be defective			[verb (intransitive)]		 > in calculation miscounta1393 miscompute1672 miscalculate1695 a1393    J. Gower Confessio Amantis 		(Fairf.)	  i. 3112  				And if so be that he misconteth, To make in his answere a faile. 1603    P. Holland tr.  Plutarch Morals 1045  				These philosophers doe miscount greatly, and stray farre from reason and proportion.., if so be that Geometricall demonstrations do availe ought. 1659    S. Patrick Divine Arithm. 6  				Thus do all men generally miscount in the days of their health. 1687    A. Lovell tr.  J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant  i. v. 131  				The trouble in going up [the steps], makes one often miscount. 1748    T. Smollett Roderick Random I. x. 71  				Reckon again, child, (says her father, very deliberately) perhaps you have miscounted. 1791    S. J. Pratt Fair Circassian  v. ii. 64  				Thou hast miscounted, sultan, of my gains. 1840    W. Whewell Philos. Inductive Sci. I. 133  				In such a case we may forget in the intervals of the strokes, and miscount. 1898    Argosy Aug. 95  				Miscounted in his excitement and was as nervous as a cat at fear of detection. 1987    R. Ellmann Oscar Wilde iii. 61  				He would talk later of the Twenty Commandments. To miscount was to discount. ΚΠ a1500    tr.  A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance 		(Rawl.)	 		(1974)	 116 (MED)  				Thou hast thi cownte aftir the mesure and reason þat may not faile, and thyne aduersarye hath miscownted himself by worldely folye. 1530    J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 637/1  				Tell it agayne, you have myscounted your selfe, I warrant you. 1603    P. Holland tr.  Plutarch Morals 684  				As for the Amethyst,..they who thinke that both the one and the other is so called, because they withstand drunkennesse, miscount themselves, and are deceived.  2.  transitive. To count (something) wrongly; to miscalculate, misreckon. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > miscalculate			[verb (transitive)]		 mistella1475 mischargec1495 misreckon1524 miscount1548 miscast1605 misnumber1614 miscompute1637 mistake1704 miscalculate1727 under-estimate1812 1548    Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cxxiiii  				In their computacion they had mistaken and miscounted in their nomber an hundreth yeres. 1611    R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues  				Mesconté, misreckoned, miscompted. 1646    S. Rutherford Let. 9 Jan. in  Joshua Redivivus 		(1664)	 537  				Christ cannot miscount one of the poorest of his lambs. 1793    Tour through Theatre of War 47  				A man less wretched might easily miscount time, and so did he. 1816    W. Scott Antiquary III. xii. 251  				After twice miscounting the sum, he threw the whole to his daughter. 1898    Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 27 391  				Such mistakes might easily be committed by neglecting or miscounting the small dots. 1941    ‘G. Orwell’ Lion & Unicorn  i. ii. 24  				You do not arrive at the polling booth to find men with revolvers telling you which way to vote, nor are the votes miscounted. 1992    K. Ohmae Borderless World 		(new ed.)	 p. xi  				They miscount the trade figures and get them wrong month after month.  a.  transitive. To assess or estimate the value of wrongly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > misjudge			[verb (transitive)]		 mistakea1393 mischoosec1422 misaccounta1425 misweigha1475 mistakea1500 misjudge1526 misesteema1595 miscountc1600 misdoom1609 misvalue1614 misrepute1629 misratea1641 mismeasure1743 mistake?a1786 misappreciate1828 misestimate1841 misgauge1870 c1600    in  H. W. Meikle Wks. W. Fowler 		(1914)	 I. 351  				He shall miscompt a carde That truthe with treason would rewarde. a1684    R. Leighton Pract. Comm. 1st Epist. Peter 		(1693)	 I. 395  				Men miscount themselves at home, they reckoning that they ought to be regarded.  b.  transitive. To regard erroneously as. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1847    Ld. Tennyson Princess  iv. 81  				While my honest heat Were all miscounted as malignant haste. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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