| 单词 | defective |
| 释义 | defective[ dih-fek-tiv ] / dɪˈfɛk tɪv / SEE SYNONYMS FOR defective ON THESAURUS.COM adjectivehaving a defect or flaw; faulty; imperfect: a defective machine. Psychology. characterized by subnormal intelligence or behavior. Grammar. (of an inflected word or its inflection) lacking one or more of the inflected forms proper to most words of the same class in the language, as English must, which occurs only in the present tense. nouna defective person or thing. Origin of defective1375–1425; <Late Latin dēfectīvus, equivalent to dēfectus (see defect) + -īvus-ive; replacing Middle English defectif<Middle French <Late Latin, as above SYNONYMS FOR defective1 incomplete, deficient. SEE SYNONYMS FOR defective ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR defective1 perfect, complete. SEE ANTONYMS FOR defective ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM defectiveDictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for defectivedefective / (dɪˈfɛktɪv) / adjectivehaving a defect or flaw; imperfect; faulty (of a person) below the usual standard or level, esp in intelligence grammar (of a word) lacking the full range of inflections characteristic of its form class, as for example must, which has no past tense Derived forms of defectivedefectively, adverbdefectiveness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for defectivedefective [ dĭ-fĕk′tĭv ] n.Having an imperfection or malformation. Lacking or deficient in some physical or mental function. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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