好词典

misfit

UK //ˈmɪs.fɪt//US //ˈmɪs.fɪt//

词源

源自中古英语,由'mis-'(错误)+'fit'(适合)组成,15世纪首次记录使用。

noun

❶ 指与环境或群体格格不入的人,通常因为行为、思想或外表与众不同而难以融入。

“He always felt like a misfit in his conservative family.”

(在保守的家庭中,他总觉得自己格格不入。)

“The school's art club became a haven for creative misfits.”

(学校的艺术俱乐部成了创意怪咖们的避风港。)

❶ 指不合适或不相配的物品,尤指尺寸或形状不匹配的物件。

“This puzzle piece is a misfit - it doesn't belong to this set.”

(这块拼图片是错配的,不属于这套拼图。)

“The mechanic found several misfit parts in the engine assembly.”

(机械师发现发动机组装中有几个不匹配的零件。)

同义词:outsider, nonconformist, oddball, square peg, eccentric

verb

❶ 指某物因尺寸或形状问题无法正确匹配或安装。

“The replacement battery misfits the device by just 2 millimeters.”

(替换电池仅因2毫米误差无法装入设备。)

“These Lego blocks misfit because they're from different generations.”

(这些乐高积木无法拼合,因为它们属于不同系列。)

同义词:mismatch, ill-fit, not correspond

常见短语

social misfit — 指因行为或观点与主流社会标准不同而难以融入社会的人。

“Many groundbreaking artists were considered social misfits in their time.”

(许多开创性的艺术家在他们那个年代被视为社会异类。)

misfit toy — 源自圣诞故事,指有缺陷或与众不同的玩具,现常比喻独特而不被理解的人或物。

“The Rudolph story celebrates how misfit toys find their special purpose.”

(红鼻子驯鹿的故事颂扬了特别玩具如何找到独特价值。)