/,mɪs'kærɪdʒ, 'mɪskærɪdʒ; mɪs`kærɪdʒ/
n
1 (a) [U] spontaneous, premature loss of a foetus from the womb 流产; 小产.
(b) [C] instance of this 流产; 小产
*have/suffer a miscarriage 流产. Cf 参看 abortion 1.
2 (a) [U, C] (commerce 商) (instance of) failure to arrive at, or deliver goods to, the right destination （货物的）误送, 误投, 误交
*miscarriage of goods, freight, letters, etc 商品、货物、信件等的误送.
(b) [U, C] failure of a plan, etc （计画等的）失败
*the miscarriage of one's hopes, schemes, etc 希望、规画等的落空.

n [U and C]
if a woman who is going to have a baby has a miscarriage, she gives birth before the baby is properly formed and it dies
→abortion, stillbirth stillbirth
　She had two miscarriages before she had her first child.
　One in five pregnancies ends in miscarriage .