单词 | abort |
释义 | Word Frequency abort(əˈbɔːt) verb 1. to undergo or cause (a woman) to undergo the termination of pregnancy before the fetus is viable 2. (transitive) to cause (a fetus) to be expelled from the womb before it is viable 3. (intransitive) to fail to come to completion; go wrong 4. (transitive) to stop the development of; cause to be abandoned 5. (intransitive) to give birth to a dead or nonviable fetus 6. (of a space flight, military operation, etc) to fail or terminate prematurely 7. (intransitive) (of an organism or part of an organism) to fail to develop into the mature form noun 8. the premature termination or failure of (a space flight, military operation, etc) Word origin C16: from Latin abortāre, from the past participle of aborīrī to miscarry, from ab- wrongly, badly + orīrī to appear, arise, be born |
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