flaw
英 [flɔː]
美 [flɔ]
- n. 瑕疵，缺点；一阵狂风；短暂的风暴；裂缝，裂纹
- v. 使生裂缝，使有裂纹；使无效；使有缺陷
- vi. 生裂缝；变的有缺陷
助记提示
1. flag, flake <====> flaw, floe, flay.
2. blow => flaw.
3. 谐音“缝裂”。
4. f-(谐音“缝”) + law => flaw: 法律缝隙、法律缺陷、法律漏洞。
中文词源
flaw 缺点词源不详。可能来自flake, 碎片。引申词义缺陷，缺点。
英文词源
- flaw
- flaw: see flake
- flaw (n.)
- early 14c., "a flake" (of snow), also in Middle English "a spark of fire; a splinter," from Old Norse flaga "stone slab, layer of stone," perhaps used here in a wider sense (see flag (n.2)). Old English had floh stanes, but the Middle English form suggests a Scandinavian origin. "The close resemblance in sense between flaw and flake is noteworthy" [OED]. Sense of "defect, fault" first recorded 1580s, first of character, later (c. 1600) of material things; probably via notion of a "fragment" broken off.
- flaw (v.)
- "cause a flaw or defect in," early 15c. (implied in flawed); see flaw (n.). Related: Flawing.
双语例句
- 1. The only flaw in his character seems to be a short temper.
- 他性格中的唯一缺点好像就是脾气急。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The flaw in this stamp makes it less valuable.
- 这张邮票因为有点缺陷,不那么值钱.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. It was a large diamond, but it had a flaw.
- 这是颗大钻石, 但它有一点瑕疵.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. There isn't the slightest flaw in this bowl.
- 这只碗上丁点儿毛病都没有.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. The bubble is a flaw in the glass.
- 这个小气泡是这只玻璃杯的缺点.
来自《用法词典》