| 词汇 | hit or miss |
| 释义 | Idiom hit or misshit and/or miss if something is hit and miss, you cannot be certain of its quality because it is sometimes good and sometimes bad.We used a cheap printer, but the quality was a bit hit or miss.Weather forecasting used to be a very hit-and-miss affair. hit or miss ⇨ hit and miss; hit or missnoun 1 a kiss. Rhyming slang, 'hit me', which evolves to 'kiss me', to 'kiss'. Sometimes abbreviated to 'hit' UK, 1933. 2 urine; alcoholic drink or (when used with 'the'), drinking or a session of drinking. Rhyming slang for PISS (and ON THE PISS) AUSTRALIA, 1960 hit or missadjective Sometimes good or successful, sometimes not; having mixed or unpredictable results; random, aimless, careless, or haphazard. Often hyphenated. Films at the festival were hit or miss, but they were all unique. The company still relies on hit-or-miss techniques that seem antiquated by today's standards. The tour around the region felt a bit hit or miss, with no clear agenda or plan. hit or missHaphazardly, at random. For example, She took dozens of photos, hit or miss, hoping that some would be good. [c. 1600] hit or missas likely to be unsuccessful as successful.hit or missHaphazard, at random. This term almost certainly comes from shooting or throwing at some kind of target and was transferred very early on to making an attempt of any kind, knowing that one might succeed or fail. It has been so used since the sixteenth century. “But hit or miss, our project’s life this shape of sense assumes,” wrote Shakespeare (Troilus and Cressida). It later appeared in several collections of proverbs. |
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