“miss-fire”的英英意思

单词	miss-fire
释义	miss-ˈfire [f. phr. to miss fire: see miss v.1 5 a. Cf. misfire n.] A failure to discharge or explode. Also attrib. 1811Sporting Mag. XXXVIII. 290 It was done without a miss or a miss fire.1881Times 15 Jan. 5/6 The five-barrelled Gardner fired 339, with one miss-fire in the minute, worked single handed.1914W. Owen Let. 28 Aug. (1967) 281 After your deplorable miss-fire fashion.1933Times Lit. Suppl. 2 Mar. 148/4 Narrating the missfire of a tired New York business man who hoped his wife and daughter would fly with him.

　

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