英和和英

語源

From mis- +‎ luck.

発音

• IPA: /mɪsˈlʌk/

名詞

misluck (uncountable)

1. Ill luck; misfortune.

   Synonyms: mischance, unluck; see also Thesaurus:bad luck

   • 1997, Michael von Albrecht, Gareth L. Schmeling, A History of Roman Literature:

     [...] misluck would have it, however, that this emperor reigned no longer than half a year.

   • 2007, Raymond Hickey, Irish English:

     If Good- for-little had been buried, it had been my Tommy, Who by misluck was placed to drive in.

   • 2007, Robert C. Roberts, W. Jay Wood, Intellectual Virtues:

     Your belief is true and justified, but not knowledge. In this case you're unlucky enough to be driving through a neighborhood beset by deceptive appearances, but this misluck is corrected by your just.

派生語

• mislucky

動詞

misluck (third-person singular simple present mislucks, present participle mislucking, simple past and past participle mislucked)

1. (intransitive, archaic) To have ill luck; to be unlucky.

参照

• “misluck”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.