misfire
- (of a gun or missile) fail to discharge or fire properly.；(of an internal combustion engine) undergo failure of the fuel to ignite correctly or at all
- a failure of a gun or missile to fire correctly or of fuel in an internal combustion engine to ignite
verb: misfire, 3rd person present: misfires, gerund or present participle: misfiring, past tense: misfired, past participle: misfired
noun: misfire, plural noun: misfires
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- 釋義
動詞
- 1. (of a gun or missile) fail to discharge or fire properly.
- ▪ (of an internal combustion engine) undergo failure of the fuel to ignite correctly or at all the car would misfire occasionally from the cold
- ▪ (especially of a plan) fail to produce the intended result the killer didn't know that his plan had misfired
- ▪ (of a nerve cell) fail to transmit an electrical impulse at an appropriate moment.
名詞
- 1. a failure of a gun or missile to fire correctly or of fuel in an internal combustion engine to ignite the weapons are to be replaced because of problems with misfires
