单词 | misstep |
释义 | misstepn. 1. A faux pas, a blunder; a mistake in judgement or action; spec. a moral lapse. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > [noun] > serious error, blunder > embarrassing mistread1597 directitudea1616 faux pas1676 misstep1788 gaffe1909 blooper1947 clanger1948 goof1955 1788 A. Hamilton in Federalist Papers lxxiii. 264 Those errors which flow from want of due deliberation, or of those missteps which proceed from the contagion of some common passion or interest. 1801 Spirit of Farmer's Museum 205 The Squire..can sit on the sessions, and fine poor girls for natural missteps. 1854 ‘M. Harland’ Alone xxi Watchfully, prayerfully, Ida strove to keep her feet in the path, and by no misstep or fall, to cast obloquy upon the name she loved. 1892 Harper's Mag. June 152/2 Whatever we think of the first misstep of Tess in the immaturity of her girlhood. 1931 F. L. Allen Only Yesterday v. 101 The publishers of the confession magazines..concentrated on the description of what they euphemistically called ‘missteps’. 1949 Sat. Evening Post 1 Oct. 20/3 Russians..turn sick with fear if they make the slightest little misstep. 1969 A. Lurie Real People (1978) 38 I might have made a misstep, an error in tact or tone, which would have hurt our friendship. 1992 Newsweek 2 Mar. 26/2 So far it hasn't helped the Nebraska senator, whose campaign has been a farrago of missteps and mixed messages. 2. literal. A wrong step, a slip. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > stepping > a step, pace, or tread > a wrong step misstep1797 sidestep1825 1797 T. Day Suicide ii. 11 A falling tree may crush him into nothing; A mis-step on the precipice may dash His frame to atoms. 1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. iv. vi. 460 As he was descending a flight of stairs he made a misstep and fell. 1888 B. A. Watson Sportsman's Paradise 193 So that..the game may not be frightened by a mis-step. 1894 Outing 24 363/2 One mis-step might have resulted in a clear fall of three thousand feet. 1900 G. M. Gould & W. L. Pyle Anomalies & Curiosities Med. xii. 659 A woman..while carrying a clothes-basket, made a misstep and fell. 1963 J. Walsh Shroud (1964) vi. 47 His headlong disregard for bodily care and his courting of the injuries or death that lay only a mis-step away. 1987 B. Bova Voyagers II: Alien Within xviii. 128 He walked slowly, hesitantly, like a man on a high wire, fearful that the slightest misstep would plunge him to his death. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). misstepv. intransitive. To take a wrong step; to go astray. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > stumble spurnc1000 stumpc1250 misstepc1300 stummer13.. stumblec1325 snappera1352 thrumble1362 snatera1400 tripc1440 stut1574 stomber1588 flounder1592 strumble1681 plunther1841 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > act wrongly or immorally [verb (intransitive)] > err or go wrong or astray misfareeOE wanderc897 dwelec900 miswendOE misfereOE misnimc1225 failc1290 to go willa1300 misgoc1300 misstepc1300 errc1315 strayc1325 folly1357 wryc1369 crookc1380 miscarryc1390 ravec1390 astray1393 forloinc1400 delire?a1475 to go wrong?1507 to tread the shoe awrya1542 swerve1576 prevaricate1582 tread awrya1625 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > be mistaken, err [verb (intransitive)] dwelec900 haltc900 marOE slidea1000 misfangOE missOE to have wough?c1225 misnimc1225 misrekec1275 mis-startc1275 err1303 to go wrongc1340 misgo1340 slipc1340 snapperc1380 forvay1390 to miss of ——c1395 to make a balkc1430 to run in ——1496 trip1509 fault1530 mistake1548 misreckon1584 misstep1605 warpa1616 solecize1627 hallucinate1652 nod1677 to go will1724 to fare astray (misliche, amiss)a1849 slip1890 skid1920 c1300 St. Wulstan (Laud) 37 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 71 (MED) Dounward he ful, ase he mis-stap [a1325 Corpus Cambr. misstep]. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 473 (MED) Sche schal noght with hir litel too Misteppe, bot he se it al. a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 71 (MED) What folissh thought..hath causid the to mysteppe owt of the ordre of spirituall vndirstonding? 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 278 If man from duty neuer had mis-stept. 1869 S. Bowles Our New West v. 102 Mules don't mis~step, and even the top-heavy pack jacks..carried their burden and themselves unharmed to the top. 1980 M. Robinson Housekeeping xi. 212 I was afraid that if I turned at all I would lose my bearings and misstep. 1992 N. Baker Vox 50 I feel that any second I'm going to misstep in telling this. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1788v.c1300 |
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