单词 | defect |
释义 | defect (once / 216 pages) nv A flaw in something is a defect. At certain stores you can buy clothes with slight defects. You have to be careful because the defect can be minor, like a missing button, or major, like sleeves of uneven lengths. In a person, a defect is an imperfection, which can manifest itself mentally or physically. If you are diagnosed with a heart defect, you will have to seek the advice of specialists. A hearing defect might leave your dad deaf in one ear. If you are becoming forgetful, you can joke that you are developing a mental defect, but if it continues, you'll probably want to have your head examined. WORD FAMILYdefect: defected, defecting, defection, defective, defector, defects+/defection: defections/defective: defectively, defectiveness/defector: defectors USAGE EXAMPLESBut it would be a titanic fight, some Republican senators would defect on principle, and Mr. Trump would almost certainly lose. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) The brain defect may occur when a mother is infected with Zika while pregnant. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) Both parents must carry the defect to pass it on to their children. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1n a failing or deficiency that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information Syn|Hyper shortcoming disadvantage the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position 2n a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) Syn|Hypo|Hyper blemish, mar birthmark, nevus a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth chatter marka mark made by a chattering tool on the surface of a workpiece check, chipa mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something cracka blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts dent, ding, gouge, nickan impression in a surface (as made by a blow) molea small congenital pigmented spot on the skin mark, scar, scrape, scratchan indication of damage burn, burn marka place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body) blot, daub, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, spota blemish made by dirt stigmaa skin lesion that is a diagnostic sign of some disease verruca, wart(pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus milium, whiteheada small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland blackhead, comedoa black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin crazea fine crack in a glaze or other surface diga small gouge (as in the cover of a book) cigarette burna burn mark left by a smoldering cigarette blotch, splodge, splotchan irregularly shaped spot fingermark, fingerprinta smudge made by a (dirty) finger inkblota blot made with ink nevus flammeus, port-wine staina flat birthmark varying from pink to purple hemangioma simplex, strawberry, strawberry marka soft red birthmark common warta benign growth (often with a rough surface) condyloma acuminatum, genital wart, venereal wart, verruca acuminataa small benign wart on or around the genitals and anus juvenile warta small benign growth on the faces of hands of children plantar warta wart occurring on the sole of the foot appearance, visual aspect outward or visible aspect of a person or thing 3n an imperfection in a bodily system visual defects this device permits detection of defects in the lungs Hypo|Hyper myelatelia any developmental defect of the spinal cord birth defect, congenital abnormality, congenital anomaly, congenital defect, congenital disordera defect that is present at birth ablephariaa congenital absence of eyelids (partial or complete) albinismthe congenital absence of pigmentation in the eyes and skin and hair anencephalia, anencephalya defect in brain development resulting in small or missing brain hemispheres ametriacongenital absence of the uterus color blindness, color vision deficiency, colour blindness, colour vision deficiencygenetic inability to distinguish differences in hue epispadiasa congenital abnormality in males in which the urethra is on the upper surface of the penis clinocephalism, clinocephalya congenital defect in which the top of the head is depressed (concave instead of convex) clinodactylya congenital defect in which one or more toes or fingers are abnormally positioned macroglossiaa congenital disorder characterized by an abnormally large tongue; often seen in cases of Down's syndrome Down syndrome, Down's syndrome, mongolianism, mongolism, trisomy 21a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome; results in a flat face and short stature and mental retardation acrocephaly, oxycephalya congenital abnormality of the skull; the top of the skull assumes a cone shape cheiloschisis, cleft lip, harelipa congenital cleft in the middle of the upper lip cleft palatea congenital fissure of the hard palate ameliacongenital absence of an arm or leg meromeliacongenital absence of part of an arm or leg encephaloceleprotrusion of brain tissue through a congenital fissure in the skull meningocelea congenital anomaly of the central nervous system in which a sac protruding from the brain or the spinal meninges contains cerebrospinal fluid (but no nerve tissue) myelomeningocelea congenital defect of the central nervous system in which a sac containing part of the spinal cord and its meninges protrude through a gap in the vertebral column; frequently accompanied by hydrocephalus and mental retardation plagiocephalycongenital malformation of the skull in which the main axis of the skull is oblique polysomycongenital defect of having one or more extra chromosomes in somatic cells hermaphrodism, hermaphroditismcongenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristics pseudohermaphroditismcongenital condition in which a person has external genitalia of one sex and internal sex organs of the other sex scaphocephalycongenital malformation of the skull which is long and narrow; frequently accompanied by mental retardation congenital heart defecta birth defect involving the heart rachischisis, schistorrhachis, spina bifidaa not uncommon congenital defect in which a vertebra is malformed; unless several vertebrae are affected or there is myelomeningocele there are few symptoms; can be diagnosed by amniocentesis spinocerebellar disorderany of several congenital disorders marked by degeneration of the cerebellum and spinal cord resulting in spasticity and ataxia hyperdactyly, polydactylybirth defect characterized by the presence of more than the normal number of fingers or toes syndactylism, syndactylybirth defect in which there is partial or total webbing connecting two or more fingers or toes ankyloglossia, tongue tiea congenital anomaly in which the mucous membrane under the tongue is too short limiting the mobility of the tongue imperfection, imperfectness the state or an instance of being imperfect 4n an imperfection in an object or machine if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer Syn|Hypo|Hyper fault, flaw blister a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint) bug, glitcha fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine holea fault imperfection, imperfectness the state or an instance of being imperfect 5v desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army Syn|Hypo|Hyper desert rat desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage flee, fly, take flight run away quickly |
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