英语词汇“faultful”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

fault /fölt, formerly föt/

noun

A failing or weakness of character

An error

A blemish or flaw

Imperfection

A misdeed or slight offence

A dislocation of strata or veins where a fracture has occurred in the earth's crust (geology)

A defect in an electronic circuit

A stroke in which the player fails to serve the ball properly or into the proper place (tennis)

A penalty point for failing to hit the correct ball or other error (snooker or billiards)

A penalty point for refusing or failing to clear a fence (showjumping)

Culpability for something which has gone wrong

intransitive verb

To be faulty

To develop or show a fault (geology)

To commit a fault

To fall short (obsolete)

transitive verb

To censure, find fault with

To find a flaw or flaws in

To cause a fault in (geology)

ORIGIN: OFr faute, falte, from L fallere to deceive

faultˈful adjective (Shakespeare)

Full of faults or crimes

faultˈily adverb

faultˈiness noun

faultˈless adjective

Without fault or defect

faultˈlessly adverb

faultˈlessness noun

faultˈy adjective

Imperfect, defective
Guilty of a fault
Culpable

faultˈ-finder noun

faultˈ-finding noun

Criticism, captiousness
The detection and investigation of faults and malfunctions in electronic equipment (findˈ-fault see under find)

faultˈline noun

A fault (geology)
A surface along which faults have occurred, or are likely to occur (geology)
An issue or arrangement which is likely to cause disagreements or differences within a group or organization

fault plane noun (geology)

A usu uncurved surface of rock strata where a fault has occurred

fault tolerance noun (computing)

The ability of a system to execute specific tasks correctly regardless of failures and errors

at fault

To blame, culpable
Guilty
(of dogs) unable to find the scent
At a loss

find fault

To carp, be critical
(with with) to censure for some mistake or defect

in fault (archaic)

To blame

to a fault

Excessively