单词 | misdial |
释义 | misdial in British English (ˈmɪsˌdaɪəl) noun 1. the act of dialling a telephone number incorrectly verbWord forms: -dials, -dialling, -dialledWord forms: US -dials, -dialing or -dialed 2. to dial (a telephone number) incorrectly misdial in American English (verb mɪsˈdaiəl, -ˈdail, noun ˈmɪsˌdaiəl, -ˌdail) (verb -dialed, -dialing or esp Brit -dialled, -dialling) transitive verb or intransitive verb 1. to dial incorrectly noun 2. an act or instance of misdialing Word origin [1960–65; mis-1 + dial]This word is first recorded in the period 1960–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bicycle kick, disco, parvovirus, pop art, proxemicsmis- is a prefix applied to various parts of speech, meaning “ill,” “mistaken,” “wrong,”“wrongly,” “incorrectly,” or simply negating. Other words that use the affix mis- include: misprint, mistrial, mistrust |
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