misquote

英 [mɪs'kwəʊt] 美 [,mɪs'kwot]
  • vt. 错误地引用
  • vi. 错误引证
  • n. 引用错误

英文词源


misquote (v.)
1590s; see mis- (1) + quote (v.). First recorded in Shakespeare.
Looke how we can, or sad or merrily, Interpretation will misquote our lookes. ["I Hen. IV," v.ii.13]
Related: Misquoted; misquoting. As a noun from 1855.

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