| 单词 | miss |
| 释义 | miss I. transitive verb 1. < missed the target by a good two feet > < swung at the ball with great power but missed it > < missed the step and fell to the ground > < missed each other by seconds at the railroad station > < missed his way > 2. a. < missed his watch almost as soon as the stranger had left > < cut out half of the third act knowing it would never be missed > b. < missed his wife terribly > < missed his old room and familiar surroundings > 3. a. < ignorance misses the best things in this life — W.R.Inge > < it is, no doubt, true that remarkable men … missed the presidency when contemporaries of far less ability attained it — H.J.Laski > b. archaic < lest I should miss to bid thee a good-morrow — John Keats > 4. < missed being killed by a few feet > < just missed hitting the other car > 5. a. < in such a hurry that he missed his breakfast > < not only is there an occasional beat missed at the wrist but there is no sound over the heart — H.G.Armstrong > < has not missed a dividend in 39 years — Time > b. < missed a bet in failing to see the possibilities of his discovery > < book publishers are missing a trick in not making a wider practice of including their old titles in current book lists — J.D.Adams > 6. a. < were delighted with its merciless exposure of aristocratic attitudes but missed its attack on the businessmen and the middle class — Max Lerner > < to put the orthodox value on it is to expose an inappreciation of his most vital criticism, to miss its force — F.R.Leavis > < miss the point > b. < missed some of the softer passages > < a picture not to be missed > < though it was a frightening experience, he would not have missed it > 7. < hasn't missed a day's work in years > < missed school all week because of illness > < seldom missed a major military operation — Ed Cunningham > 8. < missed his train > < missed his appointment by five minutes > intransitive verb 1. archaic < had very narrowly missed of success — T.B.Macaulay > 2. < took three shots and missed each time > < took another cut at the ball but missed again > 3. archaic 4. a. < such a fine prospect that he can't miss > < a play which missed on Broadway — William Barrett > < this is his big chance and he can't afford to miss out > b. dialect Britain c. of a domestic animal d. e. • - miss fire - miss stays - miss the boat - miss the bus II. 1. chiefly dialect 2. a. < hit the nail on the head every time without a single miss > < hit the target five times without a miss > < whatever truth you contribute to the world will be one lucky shot in a thousand misses — Walter Lippman > b. < the picture is a pathetic miss — Time > 3. a. < the time she thought she was going to have a baby and only had a miss — Robert Fawcett > b. of a domestic animal 4. < felt so tired that she decided to give the dance a miss > < give dessert a miss > 5. < will pick up from there to a fast acceleration without a miss — Car Life > 6. < print a miss on the tympan as a base for makeready > 7. III. 1. archaic a. b. 2. a. — used as a conventional title of courtesy before the name of an unmarried woman or girl < Miss Ann Brown > < Miss Smith > or sometimes before the given name of a married woman < Miss Mary, the wife of Mr. Green > b. — used before the name of a place (as a country, city) or of a profession or other line of activity (as a sport) or before some epithet to form a title applied to a usually young unmarried female viewed or recognized as especially outstanding in or as representative of the thing indicated < was chosen as Miss America > < well now, Miss High-and-Mighty > 3. < may I have the menu, miss > 4. < a New England miss engaged to tutor his children — American Guide Series: Florida > < no stage-struck miss has ever been quite so fortunate — Irish Digest > IV. V. |
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