| 单词 | mislaid |
| 释义 | mislaid (once / 8014 pages) adj Mislaid things have been lost, but only temporarily. You might end up finding your mislaid sunglasses in the last place you'd think to look — like the refrigerator. When you mislay something, you put it down in the wrong place. Mislaid things will almost certainly be found again, but it can be frustrating when something important like your homework or your car keys are mislaid. Mislaid and mislay use the "bad or wrong" prefix mis-, along with lay or laid, "put down." WORD FAMILYlaid: laider, laidest, laidly, mislaid USAGE EXAMPLESMs Green said she visited several neighbours of the house on The Chase but no-one claimed to have mislaid their snake. BBC(Nov 02, 2016) Draper police say 47-year-old Kent Dean was arrested on suspicion of theft or lost, mislaid or mistakenly delivered property, a third-degree felony on Wednesday. Washington Times(Oct 28, 2016) The first 30 pages or so of Nicotine were less thrilling to me than the beginning of Mislaid. Slate(Oct 24, 2016) adj lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place the mislaid hat turned up eventually Syn misplaced lost no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered |
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