misfire

英 [ˌmɪs'faɪə(r)] 美 [ˌmɪs'faɪər]

• v. (枪炮等)不发火；不奏效；发动不起来
• n. (枪炮等)不发火；不奏效

英英释义

Noun:

1. an explosion that fails to occur

2. a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)

Verb:

1. fail to fire or detonate;

   "The guns misfired"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. The joke misfired completely.
   这个笑话讲得完全不成功。
2. The engine is misfiring badly on one cylinder.
   发动机有一个汽缸严重失灵。

用作名词 (n.)

1. They were made the scapegoats for the misfire of the program.
   他们成了那个计划失败的替罪羊。

经典引文

• The engine started misfiring during the fifth lap.

  出自：Classic Racer

词汇搭配

• misfire of gun 误发号令枪

近反义词

【近义词】

• go wrong 出错
• backfire (指内燃机等)逆火...
• fail 失败
• fall through 落空
• miscarry 流产
• fall flat 没达到预期效果...
• miss [M-]小姐
• dud 无价值的