| 单词 | misshapen |
| 释义 | misshapen (once / 5171 pages) adj Something that has an abnormal form or shape is misshapen. For example, you might find an old misshapen Barbie, with messy hair and missing limbs, at the bottom of a toy chest. Things that are so malformed or distorted that they look weird or ugly are misshapen. Ballet dancers sometimes end up with misshapen feet after years of cramming them into pointe shoes, and when you grow your own vegetables in your back yard, you often end up with misshapen ones that taste delicious. Misshapen comes from the Old English roots mis, "wrong," and scapan, "to create or form." WORD FAMILYmisshapen: misshapenly, misshapenness USAGE EXAMPLESThe skinny, misshapen and widely unloved tree does attract some expressions of appreciation. Seattle Times(Dec 16, 2016) The tree is skinny, misshapen and widely unloved, but let’s not forget: Charlie Brown’s Christmas tree was, too. New York Times(Dec 16, 2016) Once in orbit, the Hubble couldn’t be focused; it had a misshapen mirror that had never been properly tested. New York Times(Nov 21, 2016) adj so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly misshapen old fingers Syn deformed, distorted, ill-shapen, malformed unshapely not well-proportioned and pleasing in shape |
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