| 单词 | mislay |
| 释义 | mislay (once / 48841 pages) v If you mislay something, you lose it temporarily. People who tend to mislay their house keys sometimes hide an extra key under a rock near the front door. If you mislay your cell phone inside, you can ask your brother to call your number. If your grandmother mislays her hearing aid, you'll have to shout and gesture until she finds it again. Mislay implies that you've put the lost object down somewhere, and you'll find it again soon. The word adds the "bad" or "wrong" prefix mis- to lay, from the Old English lecgan, "to place on the ground." WORD FAMILYmislay: mislayed, mislaying, mislays+/interlayer: interlayers/lay: laily, laity, layer, laying, lays, mislay, overlay, underlay/layer: interlayer, layered, layering, layers/laying: layings/overlay: overlaid, overlayed, overlayer, overlaying, overlays/overlayer: overlayers/underlay: underlaid, underlayed, underlaying, underlayment, underlays USAGE EXAMPLESAdjournments are common because police fail to provide evidence, mislay case files, or simply fail to bring prisoners to court at the right time. Economist(Jul 30, 2015) If you’re easily offended or confused, mislay this book and go back to “All the Light We Cannot See.” Washington Post(May 12, 2015) But after four cocktails the Coney Island jackanapes started to mislay its manners. BBC(Aug 22, 2014) v place (something) where one cannot find it again Syn|Hyper lose, misplace lay, place, pose, position, put, set put into a certain place or abstract location |
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