mis·car·riage /ˌmɪsˈkærɪʤ, ˈmɪsˌ/
  失敗,誤送,流產
  mis·car·riage /mɪsˈkærɪʤ/ 名詞
  流產
  Mis·car·riage n.
  1. Unfortunate event or issue of an undertaking; failure to attain a proper or desired result or reach a destination; as, a serious miscarriage of justice.
  When a counselor, to save himself,
  Would lay miscarriages upon his prince.   --Dryden.
  2. Ill conduct; evil or improper behavior; as, the failings and miscarriages of the righteous.
  3. The act of bringing forth a child before the time it is viable; a premature birth, resulting in death of the fetus; spontaneous abortion.
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  miscarriage
       n 1: failure of a plan [syn: abortion]
       2: a natural loss of the products of conception [syn: spontaneous
          abortion, stillbirth] [ant: live birth]