/ˌmɪsˈleɪ ||; mɪsˈle/verb [T] (present participle mislaying third person singular present mislays;past tense past participle mislaid /-ˈleɪd ||; -ˈled/) to lose sth, usually for a short time, because you cannot remember where you put it （因想不起将某物放在什么地方而）遗失（通常是暂时的）