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Amiss 无 Miss ə'Mis Adv 有毛病地,出差错地 Mid 13c Amis

单词 amiss
音标 [ə'mis]
解释 adv. 有毛病地,出差错地
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字源 amiss (adv.)
mid-13c., amis "off the mark," also "out of order," literally "on the miss," from a "in, on" (see a- (1)) + missen "fail to hit" (see miss (v.)). To take (something) amiss originally (late 14c.) was "to miss the meaning of" (see mistake). Now it means "to misinterpret in a bad sense."
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