单词 | misdrive |
释义 | misdrivev.ΚΠ ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 116 If trespas be misdryuen..I wille make amendes. 2. transitive. To lead or guide in a wrong direction; to drive inaccurately or faultily. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > cause to move in a direction [verb (transitive)] > in wrong direction misdirect1603 misdrivea1631 a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1959) V. 108 They are miscarried, misdriven,..with the spirit of giddinesse. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 74 A curious frame..so featly set together..that should but any one pin of it be mis-driven..you hazard the cracking..of the whole. 1885 H. Taylor Autobiogr. I. 298 The Government..was so much misled, or rather misdriven, as to supersede him in office. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.?a1400 |
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