miss fire meaning in English

达不到预想效果
打不响, 达不到预想的效果
得不到预想的效果
畸形的

He repeated the joke but it missed fire the second time
他把笑话又说了一遍，可是第二次就没有赢得笑声。
Another shot missed fire , but there was a flash in the pan
另一枪没有射出去，火花在火药池上闪烁了一下。
My attempts to interest a sponsor missed fire several times , but i succeeded eventually
我几次试图引起一个赞助人的兴趣，都没有达到目的，但最后还是成功了。
But after he got up half way about three times , and missed fire and fell every time , and the last time most busted his brains out , he thought he d got to give it up ; but after he was rested he allowed he would give her one more turn for luck , and this time he made the trip
可是一休息后，就又要再度试一试运气。这一回啊，他终于爬了上去。第二天，天蒙蒙亮，我们就下去到黑奴住的小屋去，拍拍狗，跟那个给杰姆送吃食的黑奴套个近乎如果里面关的是杰姆的话。