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

词态变化


复数: flaws;

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》