amiss
adjective /əˈmɪs/
/əˈmɪs/
[not before noun]- wrong; not as it should be
不对;不正常 - She sensed something was amiss and called the police.
她觉得有点不对头,就叫了警察。 - He shone a light inside and saw nothing amiss.
他照了照里面,没发现什么不妥。 - They had noticed something amiss with the engines.
他们已经注意到发动机有些毛病。
词源Middle English: probably from Old Norse á mis ‘so as to miss’, from á ‘on’ + mis (related to the verb miss). - She sensed something was amiss and called the police.