英语词汇“to miss fire”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. to miss fire: = misfire v.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms [verb (intransitive)] > of gun: go off or fire > misfire

misgive1570

misgo1586

mis-servea1661

to miss fire1687

misfire1753

the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)]

withsitc1330

fail1340

defaulta1382

errc1430

to fall (also go) by the wayside1526

misthrive1567

miss1599

to come bad, or no, speedc1600

shrink1608

abortivea1670

maroon1717

to flash in the pan1792

skunk1831

to go to the dickens1833

to miss fire1838

to fall flat1841

fizzle1847

to lose out1858

to fall down1873

to crap out1891

flivver1912

flop1919

skid1920

to lay an egg1929

to blow out1939

to strike out1946

bomb1963

to come (also have) a buster1968

1687 C. Sedley Bellamira iv. i. 45 If a man were Cock'd and Prim'd, is enough to make a man miss Fire.

1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera i. xiii. 17 May my Pistols miss Fire.

1765 H. Timberlake Mem. 16 I pulled the trigger, which missing fire, broke off the upper chap and screw-pin.

1817 T. L. Peacock Melincourt I. ix. 126 With a sweet smile at his lordship which unluckily missed fire.

1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) vii. 64 Never knew one of them miss fire before.

1838 D. Jerrold Men of Char. II. 166 That's how a man's brightest ideas sometimes miss fire.

1859 C. Reade Love me Little i She missed fire—Uncle Fountain, like most Englishmen, could take in a pun by the ear, but wit only by the eye.

1892 W. W. Greener Breech-loader 63 They are liable to miss fire if the lever does not snap ‘home’.

1902 C. S. Rolls in A. C. Harmsworth et al. Motors & Motor-driving (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) ix. 175 Motor will not ‘pull’ well or misses fire.

1952 P. Bowles Let it come Down ii. 21 Such things have a way of not coming off. Frightfully good idea that misses fire.

1979 Guardian 23 Mar. 12/7 Tchaikovskian delicacy misses fire in this theatre.

单词	to miss fire
释义	> as lemmas to miss fire a. to miss fire: = misfire v. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms [verb (intransitive)] > of gun: go off or fire > misfire misgive1570 misgo1586 mis-servea1661 to miss fire1687 misfire1753 the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] withsitc1330 fail1340 defaulta1382 errc1430 to fall (also go) by the wayside1526 misthrive1567 miss1599 to come bad, or no, speedc1600 shrink1608 abortivea1670 maroon1717 to flash in the pan1792 skunk1831 to go to the dickens1833 to miss fire1838 to fall flat1841 fizzle1847 to lose out1858 to fall down1873 to crap out1891 flivver1912 flop1919 skid1920 to lay an egg1929 to blow out1939 to strike out1946 bomb1963 to come (also have) a buster1968 1687 C. Sedley Bellamira iv. i. 45 If a man were Cock'd and Prim'd, is enough to make a man miss Fire. 1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera i. xiii. 17 May my Pistols miss Fire. 1765 H. Timberlake Mem. 16 I pulled the trigger, which missing fire, broke off the upper chap and screw-pin. 1817 T. L. Peacock Melincourt I. ix. 126 With a sweet smile at his lordship which unluckily missed fire. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) vii. 64 Never knew one of them miss fire before. 1838 D. Jerrold Men of Char. II. 166 That's how a man's brightest ideas sometimes miss fire. 1859 C. Reade Love me Little i She missed fire—Uncle Fountain, like most Englishmen, could take in a pun by the ear, but wit only by the eye. 1892 W. W. Greener Breech-loader 63 They are liable to miss fire if the lever does not snap ‘home’. 1902 C. S. Rolls in A. C. Harmsworth et al. Motors & Motor-driving (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) ix. 175 Motor will not ‘pull’ well or misses fire. 1952 P. Bowles Let it come Down ii. 21 Such things have a way of not coming off. Frightfully good idea that misses fire. 1979 Guardian 23 Mar. 12/7 Tchaikovskian delicacy misses fire in this theatre. extracted from missv.¹ < as lemmas
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