英语词汇“misfire”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

misfire

/mɪsˈfʌɪə

verb [no object]

1(Of a gun or missile) fail to discharge or fire properly: as she raised her pistol again, it misfired...

In Saudi Arabia, it appeared the missiles misfired.
The gun misfires twice and the man is apprehended.
A dirty gun may misfire or malfunction at exactly the wrong time.

1.1(Of an internal combustion engine) undergo failure of the fuel to ignite correctly or at all: the car would misfire occasionally from the cold...

It did little other than cause the car to misfire as the temperature decrease seemed to crystallize the fuel.
He said there might have been a bit of water in the fuel causing my engine to misfire when I started the car.
The last 50 km we nearly ran out of fuel and the engine was misfiring.

1.2(Of a nerve cell) fail to transmit an electrical impulse at an appropriate moment: as these nerves misfire and die, the muscles begin to shrink...

What happens in the disease is that the neurons or the brain cells are misfiring and not communicating well.
The actual cause is a mystery, but new brain-scanning techniques suggest that migraines happen because brain cells misfire then shut down, causing the arteries on that side of the brain to contract rapidly and cause pain.
Gambling also causes misfiring of the AAR pathway.

2(Especially of a plan) fail to produce the intended result: he didn’t know that his plan had misfired...

My joy, such as it is, lies in the satisfaction that a carefully thought out plan has wonderfully misfired.
As of August, 2003, revenue was down 25% as expansion plans badly misfired.
Her plans misfired, she was captured by Henry, and until his death in 1189 was kept in close confinement, carefully watched, in England.

Synonyms

go wrong, go awry, go amiss, be unsuccessful, fail, abort, be abortive, founder, come to nothing, come to grief, meet with disaster, fall through, be ruined, fall flat;

boomerang, rebound, backfire, recoil

informal flop, bite the dust, go up in smoke, go phut

noun /ˈmɪsfʌɪə

1A failure of a gun or missile to fire correctly: the weapons are to be replaced because of problems with misfires...

I might add that in my lot of 1936 era ammunition, most of the primers have gone bad so be careful if your experience a misfire or hang fire when using old military stores.
He must have had a misfire or failure to chamber a round because as he pressed the trigger, he shoved the rifle violently down, yanked his face away from the stock, and actually stumbled forward half a step.
Soldiers must know how to load, fire, clear and reduce stoppages and misfires on every crew-served weapon.

1.1A failure of fuel to ignite correctly in an internal combustion engine: he drove into the pits to have a misfire cured...

It could have been an even better result had they not lost time on the first loop of stages with a misfire, which was cured at first service.
Giancarlo had a small problem in the fuel cell that caused fuel pressure drops and an engine misfire towards the end of each run.
We had a vibrating rear hub and a misfire in free practice, but cured those.

单词	misfire
释义	misfire /mɪsˈfʌɪə / verb [no object] 1(Of a gun or missile) fail to discharge or fire properly: as she raised her pistol again, it misfired... In Saudi Arabia, it appeared the missiles misfired. The gun misfires twice and the man is apprehended. A dirty gun may misfire or malfunction at exactly the wrong time. 1.1(Of an internal combustion engine) undergo failure of the fuel to ignite correctly or at all: the car would misfire occasionally from the cold... It did little other than cause the car to misfire as the temperature decrease seemed to crystallize the fuel. He said there might have been a bit of water in the fuel causing my engine to misfire when I started the car. The last 50 km we nearly ran out of fuel and the engine was misfiring. 1.2(Of a nerve cell) fail to transmit an electrical impulse at an appropriate moment: as these nerves misfire and die, the muscles begin to shrink... What happens in the disease is that the neurons or the brain cells are misfiring and not communicating well. The actual cause is a mystery, but new brain-scanning techniques suggest that migraines happen because brain cells misfire then shut down, causing the arteries on that side of the brain to contract rapidly and cause pain. Gambling also causes misfiring of the AAR pathway. 2(Especially of a plan) fail to produce the intended result: he didn’t know that his plan had misfired... My joy, such as it is, lies in the satisfaction that a carefully thought out plan has wonderfully misfired. As of August, 2003, revenue was down 25% as expansion plans badly misfired. Her plans misfired, she was captured by Henry, and until his death in 1189 was kept in close confinement, carefully watched, in England. Synonyms go wrong, go awry, go amiss, be unsuccessful, fail, abort, be abortive, founder, come to nothing, come to grief, meet with disaster, fall through, be ruined, fall flat; boomerang, rebound, backfire, recoil informal flop, bite the dust, go up in smoke, go phut noun /ˈmɪsfʌɪə / 1A failure of a gun or missile to fire correctly: the weapons are to be replaced because of problems with misfires... I might add that in my lot of 1936 era ammunition, most of the primers have gone bad so be careful if your experience a misfire or hang fire when using old military stores. He must have had a misfire or failure to chamber a round because as he pressed the trigger, he shoved the rifle violently down, yanked his face away from the stock, and actually stumbled forward half a step. Soldiers must know how to load, fire, clear and reduce stoppages and misfires on every crew-served weapon. 1.1A failure of fuel to ignite correctly in an internal combustion engine: he drove into the pits to have a misfire cured... It could have been an even better result had they not lost time on the first loop of stages with a misfire, which was cured at first service. Giancarlo had a small problem in the fuel cell that caused fuel pressure drops and an engine misfire towards the end of each run. We had a vibrating rear hub and a misfire in free practice, but cured those. Rhymes acquire, admire, afire, applier, aspire, attire, ayah, backfire, barbwire, bemire, briar, buyer, byre, choir, conspire, crier, cryer, defier, denier, desire, dire, drier, dryer, dyer, enquire, entire, esquire, expire, fire, flyer, friar, fryer, Gaia, gyre, hellfire, hire, hiya, ire, Isaiah, jambalaya, Jeremiah, Josiah, Kintyre, latria, liar, lyre, Maia, Maya, Mayer, messiah, mire, Nehemiah, Obadiah, papaya, pariah, peripeteia, perspire, playa, Praia, prior, pyre, quire, replier, scryer, shire, shyer, sire, skyer, Sophia, spire, squire, supplier, Surabaya, suspire, tier, tire, transpire, trier, tumble-dryer, tyre, Uriah, via, wire, Zechariah, Zedekiah, Zephaniah
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