Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 53
Miscellanarian (n.) A writer of miscellanies.
Miscellane (n.) A mixture of two or more sorts of grain; -- now called maslin and meslin. -- Bacon.
Miscellanea (n. pl.) 雜集 A collection of miscellaneous matters; matters of various kinds.
Miscellanea (n.) A collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions" [syn: assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley].
Miscellaneous (a.) 混雜的，五花八門的；各種各樣的；多才多藝的 Mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous; as, a miscellaneous collection. "A miscellaneous rabble." -- Milton. -- Mis`cel*la"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Mis`cel*la"ne*ous*ness, n.
Miscellaneous (a.) Consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"; "assorted sizes"; "miscellaneous accessories"; "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music"; "a motley crew"; "sundry sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards [syn: assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundry(a)].
Miscellaneous (a.) Having many aspects; "a many-sided subject"; "a multifaceted undertaking"; "multifarious interests"; "the multifarious noise of a great city"; "a miscellaneous crowd" [syn: many-sided, multifaceted, miscellaneous, multifarious].
Miscellanist (n.) 雜集的編者 A writer of miscellanies; miscellanarian.
Miscellany (a.) Miscellaneous; heterogeneous. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Miscellanies (n. pl. ) of Miscellany.
Miscellany (n.) 混合物；混雜；（常複數）文集 A mass or mixture of various things; a medley; esp., a collection of compositions on various subjects.
'T is but a bundle or miscellany of sin; sins original, and sins actual. -- Hewyt.
Miscellany madam, A woman who dealt in various fineries; a milliner. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Miscellany (n.) A collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions" [syn: assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley].
Miscellany (n.) An anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc. [syn: florilegium, garland, miscellany].
Miscensure (v. t.) To misjudge. [Obs.] -- Daniel. -- n. Erroneous judgment. [Obs.] -- Sylvester.
Miscensure (n.) Erroneous judgment.
Mischance (n.) 不幸；厄運 [U]；不幸的事；倒霉事 [C] Ill luck; ill fortune; mishap. -- Chaucer.
Never come mischance between us twain. -- Shak.
Syn: Calamity; misfortune; misadventure; mishap; infelicity; disaster. See Calamity.
Mischance (v. i.) To happen by mischance. -- Spenser.
Mischance (n.) An unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate; "if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all" [syn: bad luck, mischance, mishap].
Mischance (n.) An instance of misfortune [syn: mishap, misadventure, mischance].
Mischanceful (a.) Unlucky. -- R. Browning.
Mischaracterize (v. t.) To characterize falsely or erroneously; to give a wrong character to.
They totally mischaracterize the action. -- Eton.
Mischarge (v. t.) 記錯帳目 To charge erroneously, as in an account. -- n. A mistake in charging.
Mischarge (n.) 記帳錯誤 A mistake in charging.
Mischief (n.) 頑皮，淘氣；胡鬧，惡作劇 [U]；損害，傷害，危害 [U] [S1]； 頑皮的孩子，淘氣鬼 [C] Harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of order; trouble or vexation caused by human agency or by some living being, intentionally or not; often, calamity, mishap; trivial evil caused by thoughtlessness, or in sport. -- Chaucer.
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs. -- Ps. lii. 2.
The practice whereof shall, I hope, secure me from many mischiefs. -- Fuller.
Mischief (n.) Cause of trouble or vexation; trouble. -- Milton.
The mischief was, these allies would never allow that the common enemy was subdued. -- Swift.
To be in mischief, To be doing harm or causing annoyance.
To make mischief, To do mischief, especially by exciting quarrels.
To play the mischief, To cause great harm; to throw into confusion. [Colloq.]
Syn: Damage; harm; hurt; injury; detriment; evil; ill.
Usage: Mischief, Damage, Harm. Damage is an injury which diminishes the value of a thing; harm is an injury which causes trouble or inconvenience; mischief is an injury which disturbs the order and consistency of things. We often suffer damage or harm from accident, but mischief always springs from perversity or folly.
Mischief (v. t.) To do harm to. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Mischief (n.) Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others [syn: mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, deviltry, devilry, devilment, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan].
Mischief (n.) The quality or nature of being harmful or evil [syn: maleficence, mischief, balefulness] [ant: beneficence].
Mischief (n.) [ U ] （尤指兒童的）惡作劇，淘氣，搗蛋 behaviour, especially a child's, that is slightly bad but is not intended to cause serious harm or damage.
// She's a lively little girl, full of mischief.
// He needs a hobby to keep him busy and stop him from getting into mischief.
// Maybe a new bike would keep him out of mischief.
// I hope you haven't been up to any mischief while I was gone.
Mischief (n.) [ U ] (Informal) 損害；傷害；危害 Damage or harm.
// Criminal mischief.
Idiom: Do sb/ yourself a mischief
Do sb/ yourself a mischief (UK informal) 傷害（某人）／自己 To hurt someone or yourself.
// You'll do yourself a mischief if you're not careful with that knife.
Idiom: Make mischief
Make mischief (Old-fashioned) 搬弄是非，挑撥離間，製造不和 To intentionally say or do something that causes other people to be upset or annoyed with each other.
// My children often try to make mischief between me and my new husband.
Mischiefable (a.) 惡作劇的；調皮的，淘氣的；有害的；惡意傷人的 Mischievous. [R.] -- Lydgate.
Mischiefful (a.) 惡作劇的；調皮的，淘氣的；有害的；惡意傷人的 Mischievous. [Obs.] -- Foote.
Mischief-maker (n.) 惡作劇的人；挑撥離間的人 One who makes mischief; one who excites or instigates quarrels or enmity.
Mischief-maker (n.) Someone who deliberately stirs up trouble [syn: troublemaker, trouble maker, troubler, mischief- maker, bad hat].
Mischief-making (a.) 挑撥離間的 Causing harm; exciting enmity or quarrels. -- Rowe.
Mischief-making (n.) 挑撥離間 The act or practice of making mischief, inciting quarrels, etc.
Mischief-making (n.) Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others [syn: mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, deviltry, devilry, devilment, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan].
Mischievous (a.) 惡作劇的；調皮的，淘氣的；有害的；惡意傷人的 Causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; -- now often applied where the evil is done carelessly or in sport; as, a mischievous child. "Most mischievous foul sin." -- Shak.
This false, wily, doubling disposition is
intolerably mischievous to society. -- South.
Syn: Harmful; hurtful; detrimental; noxious; pernicious; destructive. --
Mis"chie*vous*ly, adv. -- Mis"chie*vous*ness, n.
Mischievous (a.) Naughtily or annoyingly playful; "teasing and worrying with impish laughter"; "a wicked prank" [syn: arch, impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish, wicked].
Mischievous (a.) Deliberately causing harm or damage; "mischievous rumors and falsehoods".
Mischievous (a.) （人、行為等）愛惡作劇的，好搗亂的，頑皮的，淘氣的 Behaving in a way, or describing behaviour, that is slightly bad but is not intended to cause serious harm or damage.
// She has a mischievous sense of humour.
// A book about the mischievous antics of his ten-year-old daughter.
Mischievous (a.) 惡意的 Expressing or suggesting mischief.
// A mischievous grin.
Mischievous (a.) （行為）有害的；（話語）惡意中傷的 Used to describe behaviour or words that are intended to cause harm or trouble.
// I think these rumours are mischievous.
Mischievously (adv.) 加害地；頑皮地 In a disobedient or naughty way; "he behaved badly in school"; "he mischievously looked for a chance to embarrass his sister"; "behaved naughtily when they had guests and was sent to his room" [syn: {badly}, {mischievously}, {naughtily}].
Mischna (n.) See Mishna.
Mischnic (a.) See Mishnic.
Mischose (imp.) of Mischoose.
Mischosen (p. p.) of Mischoose.
Mischoosing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mischoose
Mischoose (v. t.) 選錯 To choose wrongly. -- Milton.
Mischoose (v. i.) 選擇錯誤 To make a wrong choice.
Mischristen (v. t.) To christen wrongly.
Miscibility (n.) 可溶混性 Capability of being mixed.
Miscible (a.) 【化】可溶混的 Capable of being mixed; mixable. -- Burke.
Miscible (a.) (Chem.) Mixable in all proportions; forming a single phase when mixed in any proportion; -- of liquids; as, water and alcohol are miscible in all proportions; water and gasoline are not miscible; benzene and ethyl alcohol are miscible, and ethyl alcohol is miscible with water, but water is not miscible with benzene..
Miscible (a.) (Chemistry, physics) capable of being mixed [syn: miscible, mixable] [ant: immiscible, non- miscible, unmixable].
Miscitation (n.) 錯誤的引用 Erroneous citation.
Miscite (v. t.) To cite erroneously.
Misclaim (n.) A mistaken claim.
Miscognizant (a.) (Law) Not cognizant; ignorant; not knowing.
Miscognize (v. t.) To fail to apprehend; to misunderstand. [Obs.] -- Holland.
Miscollocation (n.) Wrong collocation. -- De Quincey.
Miscolor (v. t.) 對……作歪曲的敘述；錯用顏色 To give a wrong color to.
Miscolor (v. t.) [Figuratively] To set forth erroneously or unfairly; to misrepresent; as, to miscolor facts. -- C. Kingsley.
Miscomfort (n.) Discomfort. [Obs.]
Miscomprehend (v. t.) To get a wrong idea of or about; to misunderstand.
Miscomputation (n.) Erroneous computation; false reckoning.
Miscompute (v. t.) To compute erroneously. -- Sir T. Browne.
Misconceit (n.) Misconception. [Obs.]
Misconceived (imp. & p. p.) of Misconceive.
Misconceiving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misconceive.
Misconceive (v. t. & v. i.) (v. t.) 誤解 (v. i.) 產生誤解 To conceive wrongly; to interpret incorrectly; to receive a false notion of; to misjudge; to misapprehend.
Those things which, for want of due consideration heretofore, they have misconceived. -- Hooker.
Syn: To misapprehend; misunderstand; mistake.
Misconceive (v.) Interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks" [syn: {misconstrue}, {misinterpret}, {misconceive}, {misunderstand}, {misapprehend}, {be amiss}].
Misconceiver (n.) One who misconceives.
Misconception (n.) 誤解；錯誤想法 Erroneous conception; false opinion; wrong understanding. -- Harvey.
Misconception (n.) An incorrect conception [ant: {concept}, {conception}, {construct}].
Misconclusion (n.) 誤解 An erroneous inference or conclusion. -- Bp. Hall.
Misconduct (v. i.) To behave amiss.
Misconduct (n.) 不規矩；不端行為；通姦；錯誤處置；管理不善 Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement. -- Addison.
Misconduct (n.) Unlawful or unethical conduct by a person holding a public office or having a position of responsibility in the administration of justice; malfeasance; as, discussing the case out of court during a trial is misconduct by a juror; especially, misuse of office by an elected or appointed government official, also called {misconduct in office}.
Syn: Misbehavior; misdemeanor; mismanagement; misdeed; delinquency; offense.
Misconduct (v. t.) 做錯；對……管理不善；對（異性）行為不端 To conduct amiss; to mismanage. -- Johnson.
{To misconduct one's self}, To behave improperly.
Misconduct (n.) Bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf.
Misconduct (n.) Activity that transgresses moral or civil law; "he denied any wrongdoing" [syn: {wrongdoing}, {wrongful conduct}, {misconduct}, {actus reus}].
Misconduct (v.) Behave badly; "The children misbehaved all morning" [syn: {misbehave}, {misconduct}, {misdemean}] [ant: {behave}, {comport}].
Misconduct (v.) Manage badly or incompetently; "The funds were mismanaged" [syn: {mismanage}, {mishandle}, {misconduct}].
Misconduct (n.) [ U ] (Behaviour) 不當行為；失職；濫用職權 Unacceptable or bad behaviour by someone in a position of authority or responsibility.
// The psychiatrist was found guilty of gross (= unacceptable) professional misconduct.
// The former priest denied allegations of sexual misconduct.
Misconduct (n.) [ U ] (Bad management) 管理不善 The fact that the activities of an organization are badly managed.
// Financial misconduct.
Misconduct (v.) [ T ] 對…管理不善，對…處理不當 To manage the activities of an organization badly.
// The aid programme was misconducted, resulting in large quantities of food failing to reach the famine victims.
Misconfident (a.) Having a mistaken confidence; wrongly trusting. [R.] -- Bp. Hall.
Misconjecture (n.) A wrong conjecture or guess. -- Sir T. Browne.
Misconjecture (v. t. & i.) To conjecture wrongly.
Misconsecrate (v. t.) To consecrate amiss. "Misconsecrated flags." -- Bp. Hall.
Misconsecration (n.) Wrong consecration.
Misconsequence (n.) A wrong consequence; a false deduction.
Misconstruable (a.) Such as can be misconstrued, as language or conduct. -- R. North.
Misconstruct (v. t.) To construct wrongly; to construe or interpret erroneously.
Misconstruction (n.) 誤解；（句子的）錯誤結構 Erroneous construction; wrong interpretation. -- Bp. Stillingfleet.
Misconstruction (n.) A kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately) [syn: misconstrual, misconstruction].
Misconstruction (n.) An ungrammatical constituent [ant: construction, expression, grammatical construction].
Misconstrued (imp. & p. p.) of Misconstrue.
Misconstruing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misconstrue.
Misconstrue (v. t.) 誤會 To construe wrongly; to interpret erroneously.
Do not, great sir, misconstrue his intent. -- Dryden.
Much afflicted to find his actions misconstrued. -- Addison.
Misconstrue (v.) Interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks" [syn: misconstrue, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend, be amiss].
Misconstruer (n.) One who misconstrues.
Miscontent (a.) Discontent. [Obs.]
Miscontinuance (n.) (Law) Discontinuance; also, continuance by undue process.
Miscontinuance, () practice. By this term is understood a continuance of a suit by undue process. Its effect is the same as a discontinuance. (q.v.) 2 Hawk. 299; Kitch. 231; Jenk. Cent. 57.
Miscopy (v. t.) 抄寫錯誤 To copy amiss.
Miscopy (n.) A mistake in copying. -- North Am. Rev.
Miscorrect (v. t.) To fail or err in attempting to correct. "Scaliger miscorrects his author." -- Dryden.
Miscounsel (v. t.) To counsel or advise wrongly.
Miscount (v. t. & i.) 算錯；數錯 To count erroneously.
Miscount (n.) 算錯；數錯 An erroneous counting.
Miscount (n.) Specifically: An erroneous count of ballots cast in an election.
Miscount (n.) An inaccurate count.
Miscount (v.) Count wrongly.
Miscovet (v. t.) To covet wrongfully. [Obs.] Miscreance
Miscreance (n.) Alt. of Miscreancy.
Miscreancy (n.) The quality of being miscreant; adherence to a false religion; false faith. [Obs.] -- Ayliffe.
Miscreant (n.) 惡棍；歹徒；【古】異端 One who holds a false religious faith; a misbeliever. [Obs.] --
Spenser. De Quincey.
Thou oughtest not to be slothful to the destruction of
the miscreants, but to constrain them to obey our Lord God. -- Rivers.
Miscreant (n.) One not restrained by Christian principles; an unscrupulous villain; a while wretch. -- Addison.
Miscreant (a.) 無賴的；極惡的； 【古】異端的；無信仰的 Holding a false religious faith.
Miscreant (a.) Destitute of conscience; unscrupulous ; villainous; base; depraved. -- Pope.
Miscreant (n.) A person without moral scruples [syn: reprobate, miscreant].
Miscreant (n.) A person of the
highest degree of unworth.
Etymologically, the word means unbeliever, and its
present signification may be regarded as theology's noblest contribution to the
development of our language.
Miscreate (a.) Miscreated; illegitimate; forged; as, miscreate titles. [Obs. or Poet.] -- Shak.
Miscreate (v. t.) To create badly or amiss.
Miscreate (v.) Shape or form or make badly; "Our miscreated fantasies."
Miscreated (a.) Formed unnaturally or illegitimately; deformed. -- Spenser. Milton.
Miscreative (a.) Creating amiss. [R.]
Miscredent (n.) A miscreant, or believer in a false religious doctrine. [Obs.] -- Holinshed.
Miscredulity (n.) Wrong credulity or belief; misbelief. -- Bp. Hall.
Miscue (n.) (Billiards) 撞歪；【口】失策 A false stroke with a billiard cue, the cue slipping from the ball struck without impelling it as desired.
Miscue (n.) Hence: To make a mistake; especially to fail to execute a necessary or expected action at the proper time, such as making a play in sports, or saying one's line in a drama.
Miscue (n.) A faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball.
Miscue (n.) A minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. [syn: slip, slip-up, miscue, parapraxis].
Miscue (n.) (In billiards) A shot in which the player fails to strike the ball properly with the cue.
‘Chalk is applied to the leather to make sure the tip ‘sticks’ to the cueball to prevent miscues, or to apply spin.’
Miscue (n.) (In other sports) A faulty strike, kick, or catch.
‘Guillen at shortstop made just three miscues in 160 games.’
Miscue (n.) A miscalculated action; a mistake.
‘Political miscues that led to resignations.’
Miscue (v. t.) (miscues, miscueing, miscuing, miscued) (In billiards and other games) 撞歪 Fail to strike (the ball or a shot) properly.
‘He miscued a simple penalty in the sixth minute.’
Miscue (n.) (Linguistics) An error in reading, especially one caused by failure to respond correctly to a phonetic or contextual cue in the text.
[As modifier ]‘Miscue analysis is a way of listening to children read aloud for diagnostic purposes.’
Miscue (v. i.) (Of a performer, especially an actor on stage) Miss one's cue, or answer to another's cue.
Miscue (v. t.) Give (a performer) the wrong cue.
Misdated (imp. & p. p.) of Misdate.
Misdating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misdate.
Misdate (v. t.) To date erroneously.
Misdate (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Misdated; p. pr. & vb. n. Misdating.] To put a false or erroneous date on (a document). -- Young.
Misdate (v. t.) To assign an incorrect date to; as, the fall of Troy was misdated by medieval writers.
Misdate (v.) Assign the wrong date to.
Misdate (v. t.) (mis·dat·ed, mis·dat·ing.) 填錯……的日期 To assign or affix a wrong date to.
Misdate (n.) 填錯的日期 A wrong date.
Misdealt (imp. & p. p.) of Misdeal.
Misdealing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misdeal.
Misdeal (v. t. & i.) (v. t.) 發錯（牌）(v. i.) 發錯（牌） To deal or distribute wrongly, as cards; to make a wrong distribution.
Misdeal (n.) （紙牌）發錯牌 The act of misdealing; a wrong distribution of cards to the players.
Misdeal (n.) An incorrect deal.
Misdeal (v.) Deal cards wrongly.
Misdeed (n.) 不端行為；罪行 An evil deed; a wicked action.
Evils which our own misdeeds have wrought. -- Milton.
Syn: Misconduct; misdemeanor; fault; offense; trespass; transgression; crime.
Misdeed (n.) Improper or wicked or immoral behavior [syn: misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed].
Misdeem (v. t.) To misjudge. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Misdeem, () (Deut. 32:27, R.V.). The Authorized Version reads, "should behave themselves strangely;" i.e., not recognize the truth, misunderstand or mistake the cause of Israel's ruin, which was due to the fact that God had forsaken them on account of their apostasy.