misfire
verb[I]
uk/ˌmɪsˈfaɪər/us/ˌmɪsˈfaɪr/misfireverb[I](GUN)
If agunmisfires, thebulletfailsto come out.
（枪弹）射不出，哑火Guns
- automatic
- blaster
- cannon
- cannonade
- cannonball
- carry
- cock
- go off
- gunnery
- gunpoint
- gunsmith
- kick
- machine gun
- pot
- shoot
- shootsomethingdown
- shoot up
- shooter
- sniper
- sniping
misfireverb[I](ENGINE)
When anenginemisfires, thefuelinside itstartstoburnat thewrongmoment:
（引擎）无法启动，不能正常运行There was aloudbang, like thesoundof anenginemisfiring.有一声巨响，像是引擎发动不起来的声音。
Machines - not functioning
- act
- blink
- break
- brokenness
- brownout
- burn out
- conk
- conk out
- cut
- cutsomethingout
- DDoS
- dead
- defective
- dysfunction
- fritz
- idle
- incapacitate
- shudder to a haltidiom
- stall
- temperamentally
misfireverb[I](PLAN)
If aplanmisfires, it does not have theresultthat wasintended:
（计划）未达到预期效果，未达到预期目的，失败The boy'sdeathwas theresultof apracticaljokethat misfired.男孩的死是一场恶作剧出的岔子。
Failing and doing badly
- abjectly
- at-risk
- backbencher
- balls(something)up
- be on your beam endsidiom
- blow
- bomb
- collapse
- fall to piecesidiom
- fight a losing battleidiom
- flog
- flog a dead horseidiom
- flop
- founder
- rebound
- rot
- running on emptyidiom
- sclerotic
- smoke
- the rot sets inidiom