misprint
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++mis·print /ˈmɪs-prɪnt/ noun [countable] TCNMISTAKEa small mistake, especially a spelling mistake, in a book, magazine etc 印刷错误► see thesaurus at mistake
Examples from the Corpus
misprint• Galway might be a misprint for Galloway, so that the herd was in fact White Galloways.• It can't really cost £20 - it must be a misprint.• I thought it must have been a misprint.• In the last sentence, "unclear" is a misprint for "nuclear".• It's always risky writing about misprints.• Dmitri had been checking it for misprints and left it to get messed up like this.• Greater care, also, in the proofreading would have prevented a number of misprints in the presentation material.• So here, and it comes out even in the misprints.mis·print nounChineseSyllable
small a a spelling mistake, mistake, Corpus especially
misprint
mis‧print /ˈmɪs-prɪnt/
noun [countable]
a small mistake, especially a spelling mistake, in a book, magazine etc
▪ mistake something incorrect that you accidentally do, say, or write: a spelling mistake | I made a mistake – it should say £230, not £320.
▪error formal a mistake: an error in the report | grammatical errors | He had made a serious error on his tax form.
▪misprint a small mistake in something that is printed: There was a misprint in the article, and instead of ‘pleasant’ it said ‘pheasant’.
▪typo informal a mistake in something that has been typed or printed: I spotted a couple of typos in the letter.
▪inaccuracy formal a piece of information that is not completely correct: The report contained several inaccuracies.
▪mix-up a careless mistake in which one name, time, address etc has been confused with another, so that the details of something are wrong: There was a mix-up over the train times and I missed my train.
▪slip-up a careless mistake when you are doing something: The other team took advantage of the goalie’s slip-up.
▪oversight a mistake in which you forget something or do not notice something: Through some oversight, the brochures were not ready by the right date.
▪a slip of the tongue a mistake in which you accidentally say a similar sounding word: When I said Thursday, I meant Tuesday. It was a slip of the tongue.
▪faux pas /ˌfəʊ ˈpɑː, ˈfəʊ pɑː $ ˌfoʊ ˈpɑː/ formal an embarrassing mistake in a social situation, when you do or say something that you shouldn’t: Harris, trying to be funny, addressed the waiter as ‘boy’. A deathly silence followed this faux pas.
mis‧print /ˈmɪs-prɪnt/
noun [countable]a small mistake, especially a spelling mistake, in a book, magazine etc
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mistake a word or figure that is not said or written down correctly 指用词或数字上的错误、口误、笔误 ：◆ It's a common mistake among learners of English. 这是学英语的人常犯的错误。 ◆ spelling mistakes 拼写错误 error ( a word, figure, etc. that is not said or written down correctlyrather
指用词、数字等的错误、口误、笔误 ：◆ There are too many errors in your work. 你的工作失误太多。 NOTE Error is a more formal way of sayingmistake .* error 为 mistake 的较正式用语。 inaccuracy ( a piece of information that is not exactly correctrather
指信息不准确、有误 ：◆ The article is full of inaccuracies. 这篇文章里不准确的地方比比皆是。 slip a small mistake, usually made by being careless or not paying attention 指常因粗心或未予以重视造成的差错、疏漏、纰漏 howler ( a stupid mistake, especially in what sb says or writesespecially
BrE 尤指言谈或行文中的愚蠢错误 ：◆ The report is full of howlers. 这份报告错漏百出。 NOTE A howler is usually an embarrassing mistake which shows that the person who made it does not know sth that they really should know.* howler 通常指令人难堪的错误，表明犯错误者不知道应该知道的东西。 misprint a small mistake in a printed text 指印刷文本上的错误
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a(n) mistake/error/inaccuracy/slip/howler/misprint in sthto make a(n) mistake/error/slip/howlerto contain/be full of mistakes/errors/inaccuracies/howlers/misprints