mispunch

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An act or result of mispunching (any sense).
    — What happens when a mispunch is found in an input record?
动词 v.
  1. To punch the wrong key or button on a keyboard, keypad, keypunch, or similar device.
    — Unlike the computer, the researcher may very well tire of running regression coefficients after the first dozen or two, and begin to misread his data or mispunch the buttons on his desk calculator.
  2. To punch a hole in the wrong place.
    — As will be seen by the accompanying sketch to use this cutter, it is not necessary to punch any holes in sheet before taken to drill press. All that is required is ordinary center punch mark, thereby saving time and labor, also avoiding the liability of workman spoiling the sheet by mispunched hole.
  3. To punch a ball or similar object so that it does not go to the intended destination.
    — Four of us stood behind the baseline while two crouched at the net (expecting at any moment to get hit by an errant serve or mispunched volley).

词形变化

mispunches present,singular,third-person mispunching participle,present mispunched participle,past mispunched past mispunches plural

词源

词源 1
From mis- + punch.
词源 2
From mis- + punch.
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