miscarry
UK/mɪs‘kærɪ/US/mis'kæri/
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Definitions
v.
To lose a pregnancy
流产
v.
(of a plan) to fail or go wrong
（计划）失败，出岔子
Root Breakdown
Native Englishmis- (wrongly) + carry = to 'carry wrongly,' to fail in carrying through. Used for pregnancy and, more formally, for plans that fail. carry is the carrus variant of car.
Root car still carries 96 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.a plan miscarries计划失败
- 2.the scheme miscarried方案出了岔子
Example Sentences
- 1.
Sadly, she miscarried in the third month.
- 2.
The whole plan miscarried at the last minute.