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mislaid

/mis-ley/US // mɪsˈleɪ //UK // (mɪsˈleɪ) //

失落的,失踪的,失踪,错失的

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    mis·laid, mis·lay·ing.

    • : to lose temporarily; misplace: He mislaid his keys.
    • : to lay or place wrongly; arrange or situate improperly: to mislay linoleum.

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Examples

  • All of the court records of that important pretrial hearing disappeared or were mislaid.

  • Kate got a fright when she thought she'd mislaid a family engagement ring that Prince William gave her in 2010.

  • I have likewise mislaid your letter amongst the accumulations on my table, not that there was anything in it.

  • A girl bound for college became immediately an integer with which a young man who had not yet mislaid his diploma could reckon.

  • Barrett, who seemed to have mislaid all his impudent self-confidence, departed at last saying he would see to it.

  • Had he not told her first of the poor soldier who had mislaid his memory?

  • It suggests nothing so much as that it has lost its park, and mislaid its lodges.