missing
adj
1
(a) that cannot be found or that is not in its usual place; lost 找不到的; 不在原處的; 失去的
The book had two pages missing/two missing pages. 那本書缺兩頁.
The hammer is missing from my tool-box. 我的工具箱里少了一把錘子.
(b) not present 不在場的
He's always missing when there's work to be done. 一到干活兒的時(shí)候, 他就不見了.
2 that cannot be found; absent from home 失蹤的; 不在家的
a police file on missing persons 警方為失蹤者立的檔案
The child had been missing for a week. 孩子下落不明已有一周了.
3 (of a soldier, etc) neither present after a battle nor known to have been killed (指士兵等)(戰(zhàn)斗後)下落不明的
Two planes were reported (as) missing. 據(jù)報(bào)有兩架飛機(jī)失蹤.
4 (idm 習(xí)語) a/the ,missing `link
(a) thing needed to complete a series or solve a puzzle (為完成一系列事物或解決一難題)所缺的一環(huán).
(b) type of animal thought to have existed between the apes and early man 設(shè)想在類人猿和早期人類之間的過渡動(dòng)物.
?? 擴(kuò)展釋義
*['misi?]a. 不見的, 缺少的【法】 行蹤不明的, 失蹤的, 遺失的
?? 同詞根單詞
forecastvt. 預(yù)報(bào),預(yù)測;預(yù)示;
vi. 預(yù)報(bào),預(yù)測;
n. 預(yù)報(bào);預(yù)言;
overcastadj. 天陰的,多云的;
vt. 使沮喪;包縫;遮蔽;
n. [氣象學(xué)]陰,陰天;遮蓋物(尤指云、霧等;郁悶,憂愁,沮喪;[采礦]風(fēng)橋;