misfiren.

Brit.

/ˈmɪsfʌɪə/, U.S.

/ˈmɪsˌfaɪər/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: misfire v.

Etymology: < misfire v. Compare missfire n.

a. A failure of a gun, ammunition, explosives, etc., to discharge or explode properly. Also frequently figurative: a misdirected or failed attempt, a failure; a mistake, a slip-up.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > misfire

misfire1789

missfire1811

1789 in Catal. Prints: Polit. & Personal Satires (Brit. Mus.) (1938) VI. 575 A Mis-fire at the Constitution.

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 478 A mis-fire is hardly ever experienced with the fire-arms made at the Royal manufactory.

1859 Regulations for Musketry Instr. Army 18 The instructor will naturally attribute ‘mis-fires’ to a dirty rifle.

1888 Times (Weekly ed.) 21 Dec. 12/3 Did you leave him after three or four misfires?

1904 G. B. Shaw Let. 6 Dec. (1972) II. ii. 471 Almost all the misfires which have already occurred have been caused by the omissions: a cut play is always a long one.

1931 C. E. Munroe & J. E. Tiffany Physical Testing Explosives 39 Misfires that occur during the testing of explosives may be due to causes outside the borehole or to causes inside the borehole.

1962 J. L. Austin et al. How to do Things with Words ii. 16 When the utterance is a misfire, the procedure which we purport to invoke is disallowed or is botched.

1986 Target Gun Aug. 71/3 This somewhat dated system proved reliable on test with no misfires or pierced primers.

1999 Empire Nov. (100 Most Important People Suppl.) 50/1 But while marriage raised her profile, she struggled to emerge from his shadow in misfires like Billy Bathgate (1991)..and Malice (1993).

b. The state or action of misfiring; spec. the failure of an internal combustion engine to fire correctly.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > ignition > failure to ignite

misfiring1903

misfire1905

1905 Motor Cycle 6 Mar. 218/2 When the charge of gas which should be exploded within the cylinder of the engine is not ignited the failure to explode is known as a misfire.

1966 B. C. Macdonald Car Doctor iv. 45 If there is a regular or rhythmical type of misfire, together with a blackish exhaust, then the mixture is too rich.

1973 J. B. Edwards in G. S. Springer & D. J. Patterson Engine Emissions ii. 47 A significant level of misfire may exist in a poorly maintained and/or adjusted engine.

1987 Rally Sport Apr. 48/3 After a lead came off the distributor on a jump in SSI, they had to contend with a misfire all day.

2. A brick not properly fired.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > brick > [noun] > types of

white brick1468

red brick1587

clinker1659

clinkerc1660

stock-brick1683

Windsor brick1702

grey stock1726

stockc1738

red stock1748

firebrick1749

Welsh lump1798

malm1811

cutting-brick1815

pecking1819

blue brick1823

malm brick1824

Windsor1841

cutter1842

grizzle1843

shuff1843

picking1850

Woolpit brick1887

Hollander1897

Staffordshire1898

Stafford brick1908

misfire1923

klompie1926

1923 U. L. Silberrad Lett. Jean Armiter vii. § i. 162 It..is built of bricks, misfires or mistakes, those that would not sell.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

misfirev.

Brit.

/ˌmɪsˈfʌɪə/, U.S.

/ˌmɪsˈfaɪər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, fire v.¹

Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ + fire v.¹ Compare to miss fire at miss v.¹ 15a.

1. intransitive. Of a weapon, ammunition, etc.: to fail to be discharged or fired; to discharge incorrectly or defectively. Cf. to miss fire at miss v.¹ 15a.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms [verb (intransitive)] > of gun: go off or fire > misfire

misgive1570

misgo1586

mis-servea1661

to miss fire1687

misfire1753

1753 Extracts Trial J. Stewart in Scots Mag. Aug. 401/2 The little gun was in use to snap or misfire.

1881 W. W. Greener Gun & its Devel. 43 The weapons were..tiresome to charge and discharge, and continually miss-firing.

1902 Westm. Gaz. 16 Apr. 8/1 Both guns in the fore-barbette had misfired.

1991 U.S. News & World Rep. 11 Mar. 6/2 Antitank weapons..misfired, an enemy..shot at us from no-fire zones.

2. intransitive. Of an internal combustion engine or a vehicle powered by one: to suffer failure of the fuel to ignite (correctly or at all).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > operate internal-combustion engine [verb (intransitive)] > of internal-combustion engine: run > fire or misfire

fire1894

miss1904

misfire1928

1905 Motor Cycle 6 Mar. 218/3 If an engine is back firing, that is, giving explosions in the silencer, it is also misfiring.

1928 J. W. Montagu & M. W. Bourdon Cars & Motor-cycles III. 1244 An engine is said to misfire when the gas in one or more of the cylinders does not ignite.

1974 J. H. Haynes & P. Ward Audi 100 Owners Workshop Man. iv. 89/2 If the engine misfires regularly, run it at a fast idling speed.

1987 P. Benson Levels xiii. 91 The van had been misfiring.

1999 Sky & Telescope Mar. 18 Technicians concluded that the engine misfired because of overly sensitive settings on accelerometers.

3. intransitive. figurative. To fail, go wrong, miss the mark; to make a mistake.

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the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of an action or plan

failc1394

misfare1489

fro1559

to shoot nipshot1568

miscarry1589

languefya1734

misfire1942

1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §170/6 Make an error, misbobble, misfire, miss.

1943 Polit. Sci. Q. 58 124 There is a straining for the striking phrase, which often misfires.

1970 Argus (Cape Town) 30 Jan. 2 Herzogite broadside misfires. The Herstigte Nasionale Party's first attempt to launch a wide-ranging parliamentary attack on the Nationalists, failed here today.

1984 M. Mahy Changeover iv. 37 I thought it looked like some advertising gimmick that had misfired.

1998 Sci. News 7 Feb. 85/1 When a beaver chomps on a cottonwood, however, that strategy misfires.

Derivatives

misˈfired adj.

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the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [adjective] > gone wrong

raté1905

snafued1944

misfired1949

1949 A. Koestler Promise & Fulfilm. xii. 132 The other after-effects of the misfired operation were in the same strain.

1998 Church Times 27 Feb. 6/1 Sin, like a misfired arrow, drops short of the call to true humanness.

misˈfiring n.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > ignition > failure to ignite

misfiring1903

misfire1905

1903 Motor 22 July 598/2 Very erratic on the retard, and with tremendous knocking and misfiring of the engine on the advance.

2000 N.Y. Mag. 3 Apr. 80/2 Medical technology can't see the misfiring of a neurotransmitter that turns into an instruction from Gaia, Zeus, or Satan.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	misfire
释义	misfiren. Brit. /ˈmɪsfʌɪə/, U.S. /ˈmɪsˌfaɪər/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: misfire v. Etymology: < misfire v. Compare missfire n. 1. a. A failure of a gun, ammunition, explosives, etc., to discharge or explode properly. Also frequently figurative: a misdirected or failed attempt, a failure; a mistake, a slip-up. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > misfire misfire1789 missfire1811 1789 in Catal. Prints: Polit. & Personal Satires (Brit. Mus.) (1938) VI. 575 A Mis-fire at the Constitution. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 478 A mis-fire is hardly ever experienced with the fire-arms made at the Royal manufactory. 1859 Regulations for Musketry Instr. Army 18 The instructor will naturally attribute ‘mis-fires’ to a dirty rifle. 1888 Times (Weekly ed.) 21 Dec. 12/3 Did you leave him after three or four misfires? 1904 G. B. Shaw Let. 6 Dec. (1972) II. ii. 471 Almost all the misfires which have already occurred have been caused by the omissions: a cut play is always a long one. 1931 C. E. Munroe & J. E. Tiffany Physical Testing Explosives 39 Misfires that occur during the testing of explosives may be due to causes outside the borehole or to causes inside the borehole. 1962 J. L. Austin et al. How to do Things with Words ii. 16 When the utterance is a misfire, the procedure which we purport to invoke is disallowed or is botched. 1986 Target Gun Aug. 71/3 This somewhat dated system proved reliable on test with no misfires or pierced primers. 1999 Empire Nov. (100 Most Important People Suppl.) 50/1 But while marriage raised her profile, she struggled to emerge from his shadow in misfires like Billy Bathgate (1991)..and Malice (1993). b. The state or action of misfiring; spec. the failure of an internal combustion engine to fire correctly. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > ignition > failure to ignite misfiring1903 misfire1905 1905 Motor Cycle 6 Mar. 218/2 When the charge of gas which should be exploded within the cylinder of the engine is not ignited the failure to explode is known as a misfire. 1966 B. C. Macdonald Car Doctor iv. 45 If there is a regular or rhythmical type of misfire, together with a blackish exhaust, then the mixture is too rich. 1973 J. B. Edwards in G. S. Springer & D. J. Patterson Engine Emissions ii. 47 A significant level of misfire may exist in a poorly maintained and/or adjusted engine. 1987 Rally Sport Apr. 48/3 After a lead came off the distributor on a jump in SSI, they had to contend with a misfire all day. 2. A brick not properly fired. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > brick > [noun] > types of white brick1468 red brick1587 clinker1659 clinkerc1660 stock-brick1683 Windsor brick1702 grey stock1726 stockc1738 red stock1748 firebrick1749 Welsh lump1798 malm1811 cutting-brick1815 pecking1819 blue brick1823 malm brick1824 Windsor1841 cutter1842 grizzle1843 shuff1843 picking1850 Woolpit brick1887 Hollander1897 Staffordshire1898 Stafford brick1908 misfire1923 klompie1926 1923 U. L. Silberrad Lett. Jean Armiter vii. § i. 162 It..is built of bricks, misfires or mistakes, those that would not sell. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). misfirev. Brit. /ˌmɪsˈfʌɪə/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈfaɪər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, fire v.¹ Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ + fire v.¹ Compare to miss fire at miss v.¹ 15a. 1. intransitive. Of a weapon, ammunition, etc.: to fail to be discharged or fired; to discharge incorrectly or defectively. Cf. to miss fire at miss v.¹ 15a. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms [verb (intransitive)] > of gun: go off or fire > misfire misgive1570 misgo1586 mis-servea1661 to miss fire1687 misfire1753 1753 Extracts Trial J. Stewart in Scots Mag. Aug. 401/2 The little gun was in use to snap or misfire. 1881 W. W. Greener Gun & its Devel. 43 The weapons were..tiresome to charge and discharge, and continually miss-firing. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 16 Apr. 8/1 Both guns in the fore-barbette had misfired. 1991 U.S. News & World Rep. 11 Mar. 6/2 Antitank weapons..misfired, an enemy..shot at us from no-fire zones. 2. intransitive. Of an internal combustion engine or a vehicle powered by one: to suffer failure of the fuel to ignite (correctly or at all). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > operate internal-combustion engine [verb (intransitive)] > of internal-combustion engine: run > fire or misfire fire1894 miss1904 misfire1928 1905 Motor Cycle 6 Mar. 218/3 If an engine is back firing, that is, giving explosions in the silencer, it is also misfiring. 1928 J. W. Montagu & M. W. Bourdon Cars & Motor-cycles III. 1244 An engine is said to misfire when the gas in one or more of the cylinders does not ignite. 1974 J. H. Haynes & P. Ward Audi 100 Owners Workshop Man. iv. 89/2 If the engine misfires regularly, run it at a fast idling speed. 1987 P. Benson Levels xiii. 91 The van had been misfiring. 1999 Sky & Telescope Mar. 18 Technicians concluded that the engine misfired because of overly sensitive settings on accelerometers. 3. intransitive. figurative. To fail, go wrong, miss the mark; to make a mistake. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of an action or plan failc1394 misfare1489 fro1559 to shoot nipshot1568 miscarry1589 languefya1734 misfire1942 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §170/6 Make an error, misbobble, misfire, miss. 1943 Polit. Sci. Q. 58 124 There is a straining for the striking phrase, which often misfires. 1970 Argus (Cape Town) 30 Jan. 2 Herzogite broadside misfires. The Herstigte Nasionale Party's first attempt to launch a wide-ranging parliamentary attack on the Nationalists, failed here today. 1984 M. Mahy Changeover iv. 37 I thought it looked like some advertising gimmick that had misfired. 1998 Sci. News 7 Feb. 85/1 When a beaver chomps on a cottonwood, however, that strategy misfires. Derivatives misˈfired adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [adjective] > gone wrong raté1905 snafued1944 misfired1949 1949 A. Koestler Promise & Fulfilm. xii. 132 The other after-effects of the misfired operation were in the same strain. 1998 Church Times 27 Feb. 6/1 Sin, like a misfired arrow, drops short of the call to true humanness. misˈfiring n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > ignition > failure to ignite misfiring1903 misfire1905 1903 Motor 22 July 598/2 Very erratic on the retard, and with tremendous knocking and misfiring of the engine on the advance. 2000 N.Y. Mag. 3 Apr. 80/2 Medical technology can't see the misfiring of a neurotransmitter that turns into an instruction from Gaia, Zeus, or Satan. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1789v.1753
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