单词 | glitch |
释义 | glitch (once / 9448 pages) n A glitch is a problem or malfunction, usually a temporary one, in a system or machine. Your science fair team might experience a major glitch in your plans if you lose your data tables as the result of a computer glitch. Glitch is a pretty new word, introduced in the 1960s when the science and technology of space flight was being developed. It originally meant a sudden surge of electrical current that caused a disturbance or malfunction. The word can also be used more broadly to describe any unexpected difficultly, like the glitch in your travel plans that resulted from airport delays. WORD FAMILYglitch: glitches USAGE EXAMPLESIt said that the problem affected about 1% of the requests its servers processed during the glitch period. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) The problem that confronts the reader of “The Correspondence” is that, after the near-brilliant first three essays, the pieces begin to display glitches. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) What worries me most isn’t the possibility of a cyberattack, a technical glitch, or a misunderstanding starting a nuclear war sometime next week. The New Yorker(Dec 23, 2016) n a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine Syn|Hyper bug defect, fault, flaw an imperfection in an object or machine |
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