misfires

1.(枪等的)不发火,射不出;(内燃机的)不着火

1.不发火,打不出;不着火,开动不起来;不奏效,不中要害

1.an occasion when a gun or an engine does not work in the right way; a plan or activity that does not develop as you wanted

1.if a gun misfires, the bullet does not come out; if an engine misfires, the fuel does not burn in the right way and it does not work smoothly; if a plan or activity misfires, it goes wrong or does not have the result that you wanted