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mislay sth
mislay 的过去式和过去分词均为 mislaid；常用于表示一时忘记把某物放在何处。
He tends to mislay his glasses.
他常常把眼镜放错地方。
放错地方
mislaying — present participle of mislay
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
放错地方
to put something somewhere and then be unable to find it again
He tends to mislay his glasses.
他常常把眼镜放错地方。
把某物放错地方后忘记放在何处。
To leave or lay something in the wrong place and then forget where one put it.
mislay
Base
原形
mislays
3rd person
第三人称单数
mislaying
-ing
现在分词
mislaid
Past
过去式
mislaid
Past participle
过去分词
I often mislay my keys when I am in a hurry.
我匆忙时经常把钥匙放错地方。
She mislaid her glasses somewhere in the office yesterday.
她昨天把眼镜忘在办公室的某个地方了。
He has mislaid his wallet again and cannot find it.
他又把钱包放得找不到了。
不规则动词，过去式和过去分词均为 mislaid；指把东西放错地方一时找不到，不一定是丢失。
I always mislay my umbrella when it is not raining.
不下雨的时候，我总会把伞放错地方。
She mislaid her wallet at the office and never found it.
她把钱包忘在办公室，再也没找到。
He keeps mislaying his car keys, so we bought him a key finder.
他总是把车钥匙放错地方，所以我们给他买了一个寻物器。
mislay 的过去式和过去分词均为 mislaid；常用于表示一时忘记把某物放在何处。
He tends to mislay his glasses.
他常常把眼镜放错地方。
I mislaid my book somewhere in the library.
我把书忘在图书馆的某个地方了。
The documents were mislaid during the move.
文件在搬家期间被放错了地方。
Not this
He mislaid his job last month.
Use this
He lost his job last month.
mislay 只表示把具体物件放错地方而找不到，不能用于工作、机会等抽象事物；表示失去工作时要用 lose。
Not this
I mislayed my phone.
Use this
I mislaid my phone.
mislay 的过去式和过去分词是不规则形式 mislaid，不是规则变化 mislayed。
Not this
Where did you mislay?
Use this
Where did you mislay your keys?
mislay 是及物动词，后面必须接宾语，不能单独使用；询问时需要明确说清放错的东西（如 your keys）。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
把钥匙放错地方
I've mislaid my keys again.
我又把钥匙放错地方了。
把钱包放丢
He mislaid his wallet somewhere on the way to work.
他在上班路上把钱包放丢了。
把手机遗忘在某处
She often mislays her phone at home.
她经常把手机忘在家里。
把文件放错地方
I mislaid the document and couldn't find it before the meeting.
我把文件放错地方，开会前找不到了。
把眼镜放错地方
Grandpa mislaid his glasses again and walked around looking for them.
爷爷又把眼镜放错地方，到处找。
Use mislaying naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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联想：mis（错）+ lay（放）= 放错地方，结果找不到了，就是 mislay。
语域：neutral 常见场景：home、office、lost-and-found 该词通常表示把东西放在某处后一时找不到，语气比 lose 稍正式；多用于家庭、办公室等日常场景，也在比较正式的书面或口头表达中出现。
mislay (/mɪsˈleɪ/) rhymes with day, display, lay, play, say, and stay — all end with the /eɪ/ sound, spelled -ay. Beware the lookalike mislead (/ˌmɪsˈliːd/): it begins with the same mis- spelling but has a different vowel sound (/iː/ not /eɪ/), so it does not rhyme.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.