amiss

名词 n. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
/əˈmɪs/    /əˈmɪs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed. obsolete
    — Now by my head (said Guyon) much I muse, / How that same knight should do so foule amis[…].
形容词 adj.
  1. Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper or otherwise incorrect. predicative
    — He suspected something was amiss.
副词 adv.
  1. Wrongly; mistakenly archaic,not-comparable
    — The fire seven times tried this: Seven times tried that judgement is, That did never choose amiss. Some there be that shadows kiss: Such have but a shadow's bliss. There be fools alive, I wis, Silver'd o'er; and so was this. I will ever be your head: So be gone: you are sped.
  2. Astray. not-comparable
  3. Imperfectly. not-comparable

词形变化

more amiss comparative most amiss superlative

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English a-
English miss
English amiss
From a- + miss.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English a-
English miss
English amiss
From a- + miss.
词源 3
Etymology tree
English a-
English miss
English amiss
From a- + miss.
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary