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missing
故障;損失;遺漏
missing
遺漏
Miss, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Missed p. pr. & vb. n. Missing.]
1. To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing, hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one shoots at; to miss the train by being late; to miss opportunites of getting knowledge; to miss the point or meaning of something said.
When a man misses his great end, happiness, he will acknowledge he judged not right. --Locke.
2. To omit; to fail to have or to do; to get without; to dispense with; -- now seldom applied to persons.
She would never miss, one day,
A walk so fine, a sight so gay. --Prior.
We cannot miss him; he does make our fire,
Fetch in our wood. --Shak.
3. To discover the absence or omission of; to feel the want of; to mourn the loss of; to want; as, to miss an absent loved one.
Neither missed we anything . . . Nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him. --1 Sam. xxv. 15, 21.
What by me thou hast lost, thou least shalt miss. --Milton.
To miss stays. Naut. See under Stay.
Miss·ing a. Absent from the place where it was expected to be found; lost; lacking; wanting; not present when called or looked for.
Neither was there aught missing unto them. --1 Sam. xxv. 7.
For a time caught up to God, as once
Moses was in the mount, and missing long. --Milton.
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missing
adj 1: not existing; "innovation has been sadly lacking";
"character development is missing from the book" [syn:
lacking(p), nonexistent, wanting(a)]
2: not able to be found; "missing in action"; "a missing
person"