misplace

Word family  noun place placement placing displacement replacement adjective displaced misplaced replaceable verb place displace misplace replace

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++mis·place /ˌmɪsˈpleɪs/ verb [transitive]  LOSE/CAN'T FINDto lose something for a short time by putting it in the wrong place 〔因放错地方而〕暂时丢失，一时找不到〔某物〕；把…放在一时记不起的地方 SYN mislay Oh dear, I seem to have misplaced the letter. 哎呀，我好像忘了把信放在什么地方。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

misplace• The papers arrived but were misplaced in the mailroom.• The priceless tapestry was unharmed, nothing was taken off the altar, nothing was moved or misplaced that he could see.

mis·place verbChineseSyllable  

by a Corpus for lose time to putting something short

misplace
mis‧place /ˌmɪsˈpleɪs/ verb [transitive]to lose something for a short time by putting it in the wrong place
   SYN  mislay:
    Oh dear, I seem to have misplaced the letter.

mis·placeBrE /ˌmɪsˈpleɪs/ 🔊NAmE /ˌmɪsˈpleɪs/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they misplace BrE /ˌmɪsˈpleɪs/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌmɪsˈpleɪs/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it misplaces BrE /ˌmɪsˈpleɪsɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌmɪsˈpleɪsɪz/ 🔊past simple misplaced BrE /ˌmɪsˈpleɪst/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌmɪsˈpleɪst/ 🔊past participle misplaced BrE /ˌmɪsˈpleɪst/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌmɪsˈpleɪst/ 🔊 -ing form misplacing BrE /ˌmɪsˈpleɪsɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌmɪsˈpleɪsɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth to put sth somewhere and then be unable to find it again, especially for a short time 随意搁置，乱放（而一时找不到） SYN mislay