missing

柯林斯词典

1. ADJ If something is missing or has gone missing, it is not in its usual place, and you cannot find it. 找不到的
It was only an hour or so later that I discovered that my gun was missing. 也就是一个小时左右后，我发现自己的枪不见了。
2. ADJ If a part of something is missing, it has been removed or has come off, and has not been replaced. 缺失的
Three buttons were missing from his shirt. 他的衬衫少了3颗纽扣。
3. ADJ If you say that something is missing, you mean that it has not been included, and you think that it should have been. 遗漏的
She had given me an incomplete list. One name was missing from it. 她给了我一份不全的名单，上面漏掉了一个名字。
4. ADJ Someone who is missing cannot be found, and it is not known whether they are alive or dead. (人) 失踪的
Five people died in the explosion and more than one thousand were injured. One person is still missing. 爆炸中5人丧生，一千多人受伤，还有1人失踪。
5. PHRASE If a member of the armed forces is missing in action, they have not returned from a battle, their body has not been found, and they are not thought to have been captured. (士兵) 在战斗中失踪的

The police have called off the search for the missing child until dawn tomorrow .
The missing letter eventually turned up inside a book .
A search party was sent out to look for the missing climbers .
All of the ship's crew are missing, believed dead .
This jigsaw puzzle has two pieces missing.