狀態：哪裡不對
這一支最貼近核心畫面：直接說某樣東西偏掉了、不在該有的位置上。
adjective · C1
If something is amiss, there is a problem with it: something is wrong, out of order, or not as it should be, and often you can feel it before you can say exactly what it is.
不對勁
核心畫面
Picture an arrow that has been shot properly but has landed off to one side. Nothing dramatic has happened, nothing has broken — it simply is not where it should be, and anyone watching can tell. That small gap between where a thing should sit and where it actually sits is what amiss keeps pointing at, whether the thing is a situation, an action, or a remark that reaches you the wrong way.
「amiss」可以想成一支射出去、卻落在旁邊一點的箭。沒有爆炸，也沒有壞掉，只是沒有落在該落的位置——而旁邊的人看得…更多收起
「amiss」可以想成一支射出去、卻落在旁邊一點的箭。沒有爆炸，也沒有壞掉，只是沒有落在該落的位置——而旁邊的人看得出來。這個字每一次出現，指的都是那一點點的偏差：該有的樣子和實際的樣子之間差了那麼一些。偏的可能是一個情況，可能是一個動作，也可能是一句話落在耳朵裡的角度。From the word’s history
Wiktionary analyses amiss as a- + miss. The miss inside it is the ordinary word for failing to hit something, which is exactly the off-target picture the modern uses keep.
Wiktionary 把 amiss 拆成 a- 加上 miss。裡面的 miss 就是「沒打中」的那個 miss，正好就是現在各種用法共有的「偏了一點」的畫面。
Wiktionary entry for amiss, kaikki extract kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:448388677:6370 (etymology: a- + miss)
Two branches
固定說法：包進句型裡
這兩個說法把「偏了」包進固定句型，意思不能從單字拆出來，要整句一起記。
r · C1
To feel hurt or offended by something someone has said or done, when they did not mean to upset you. It is very often used in the negative, to ask someone not to be upset: don't take it amiss.
往心裡去、見怪