mischief

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɪsˌt͡ʃiːf/|[ˈmɪsˌt͡ʃʰɪi̯f]|/ˈmɪs.t͡ʃɪf/|[ˈmɪs.t͡ʃʰɪf]    美 /ˈmɪs.t͡ʃɪf/|[ˈmɪs.t͡ʃʰɪf]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Conduct that playfully causes petty annoyance. uncountable
    — Drink led to mischief.
  2. A playfully annoying action. countable
    — John's mischief, tying his shoelaces together, irked George at first.
  3. A group or a pack of rats. collective,countable,uncountable
    — Kirac, the leader of the rats under his charge, speaks to the major through his telepathic abilities that manifested after the alien virus infected him and his mischief of rats.
  4. Harm or injury:; Harm or trouble caused by an agent or brought about by a particular cause. archaic,uncountable
    — She had mischief in her heart.
  5. Harm or injury:; An injury or an instance of harm or trouble caused by a person or other agent or cause. archaic,countable
    — It may end in her doing a great mischief to herself—and perhaps to others too.
  6. A criminal offence defined in various ways in various jurisdictions, sometimes including causing damage to another's property. countable,uncountable
  7. A cause or agent of annoyance, harm or injury, especially a person who causes mischief. archaic,countable
    — To die like a man of honour, Sir Hargrave, you must have lived like one. You should be sure of your cause. But these pistols are too ready a mischief. Were I to meet you in your own way, Sir Hargrave, I should not expect, that a man so enraged would fire his over my head, as I should be willing to do mine over his. Life I would not put upon the perhaps involuntary twitch of a finger.
  8. The Devil; used as an expletive. countable,euphemistic,uncountable
    — What the mischief are you? and how the mischief did you get here, and where in thunder did you come from?
  9. Casual and/or flirtatious sexual acts. Australia,countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To do a mischief to; to harm. obsolete,transitive
    — "Not now, Smee," Hook said darkly. "He is only one, and I want to mischief all the seven. Scatter and look for them."
  2. To slander. obsolete,transitive
    — And so it hath been divers times; Men mischiefing the Jews to excuse their own Wickedness: as to instance one Precedent in the time of a certain King of Portugal.

词形变化

mischiefs plural mischiefs present,singular,third-person mischiefing participle,present mischiefed participle,past mischiefed past mischieve alternative

词汇关系

近义词
agitation annoyance corruption damage demolition destruction detriment disablement disruption evil harm hurt ill impairment incapacitation injury nuisance pique ravage sabotage scathe trouble undoing unmaking vexation weakening wrong badness delinquincy devilishness devilment devilry deviltry elfishness goings-on hanky-panky impishness impropriety knavery misbehavior mischief mischievousness misconduct misdemeanor monkey business naughtiness prankishness pranksomeness puckishness rascality roguery roguishness scampishness
反义词
decorum gentlemanliness gentility seemliness sportsmanship probity propriety
上位词
improbity villainy
下位词
bad manners disobedience ribaldry
衍生词
do oneself a mischief malicious mischief mischiefful mischiefless mischief-maker mischiefmaking mischief rule mischievous mischievously mischievousness play the mischief with
相关词
troublemaker evil do evil

词源

词源 1
From Middle English myschef, meschef, meschief, mischef, from Old French meschief, from meschever (“to bring to grief”), from mes- (“badly”) + chever (“happen; come to a head”), from Vulgar Latin *capare, from Latin caput (“head”).
词源 2
From Middle English myschefen, myscheven, from Old French meschever.
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