단어 : misfire / 발음 : 미스*파이어
뜻 : (v) (계획, 농담이) 의도하던 효과를 못 얻다; (엔진이) 제대로 점화되지 않다; (총 등이) 불발이 되다 (n) 불발
뜻(영어) : (v) If a plan misfires, it goes wrong and does not have the results that you intend it to have; If an engine misfires, the fuel fails to start burning when it should; If a gun misfires, the bullet is not sent out as it should be when the gun is fired.
예문 : 그가 나를 쏘려고 했지만 불발되어 나는 가까스로 도망쳤다.
뜻 : He tried to shoot me, but his gun misfired and I managed to escape.