| 释义 |
aberrate /abˈə-rāt/ intransitive verb To wander or deviate from the right way ORIGIN: L aberrāre, -ātum, from ab from, and errāre to wander aberrance /-erˈ/ or aberrˈancy noun aberrˈant adjective - Wandering or straying
- Having characteristics not strictly in accordance with type (botany and zoology)
aberrˈantly adverb aberrāˈtion /-ər-/ noun - A deviation from the usual, normal or right course, direction or behaviour
- A wandering of the intellect, mental lapse
- A non-convergence of rays, owing to difference in refrangibility of different colours (chromatic aberration) or to difference of focus of the marginal and central parts of a lens or mirror (spherical aberration)
- An apparent displacement of a star, owing to the finite ratio of the velocity of light to that of the earth (aberration of light; astronomy)
aberraˈtional adjective |