misplay
/noun mis-pley, mis-pley; verb mis-pley/US // noun mɪsˈpleɪ, ˈmɪsˌpleɪ; verb mɪsˈpleɪ //UK // (ˌmɪsˈpleɪ) //
误打误撞,玩错了,误判,错位游戏
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a wrong or bad play.
- : a play prohibited by the rules.
v.有主动词 verb
- 1
- : to make an error or incorrect play on or with; play wrongly: The catcher misplayed the ball, allowing the base runner to score.
- : to make a play on or with prohibited by the rules.
Examples
Miss Erskine fidgeted in her seat, gave half smothered exclamations, looked at him appealingly at every misplay.
A year later and he had learned that a misplay, even though it lose the game for your side, may in time be lived down.
His misplay had taken his nerve, and for a while he went thoroughly to pieces.
If a player misplay, whether with his own or another ball, he forfeits his next tour.
This case is excluded from the definition of misplay, and the penalty exacted is less.
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