mis·hear
verb/ˌmɪsˈhɪə(r)/
/ˌmɪsˈhɪr/
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they mishear | /ˌmɪsˈhɪə(r)/ /ˌmɪsˈhɪr/ |
| he / she / it mishears | /ˌmɪsˈhɪəz/ /ˌmɪsˈhɪrz/ |
| past simple misheard | /ˌmɪsˈhɜːd/ /ˌmɪsˈhɜːrd/ |
| past participle misheard | /ˌmɪsˈhɜːd/ /ˌmɪsˈhɜːrd/ |
| -ing form mishearing | /ˌmɪsˈhɪərɪŋ/ /ˌmɪsˈhɪrɪŋ/ |
- mishear (somebody/something) | mishear what… to fail to hear correctly what somebody says, so that you think they said something else
误听；听错 - You may have misheard her—I'm sure she didn't mean that.
你可能听错她的话了，我肯定她不是这个意思。 - The device sometimes mishears words or sounds.
设备有时会听错单词或声音。 - I thought he said he was coming today, but I must have misheard.
我以为他说他今天来，不过我一定是听错了。 - I misheard what you said.
我听错了你的话。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMishear is used with these nouns as the object:- word
- You may have misheard her—I'm sure she didn't mean that.