释义 |
miscarriage /mis-karˈij or misˈka-rij/ noun- The act of giving birth spontaneously to a fetus too premature to survive, usu before the 28th week of pregnancy
- Any act or instance of miscarrying
- Failure
- Failure to reach the intended result or destination
- Misconduct, a misdeed (obsolete)
ORIGIN: mis- miscarrˈy intransitive verb - To give birth to an unviable fetus
- To be born as an unviable fetus
- To be unsuccessful
- To fail to attain the intended or complete effect
- (of mail, etc) to fail to reach the intended destination
transitive verb (obsolete)To lead astray miscarriage of justice noun Failure of the courts to do justice |