| 单词 | aberration |
| 释义 | aberration (once / 3461 pages) n An aberration is something strange that rarely occurs. An example of an aberration is when the temperature hits 90 degrees in January — it's nice and warm, but it's really strange. The noun aberration often refers to something that doesn't fit with current moral standards, or is something that shows a mental lack of control. Aberration comes from the Latin word that means "to wander, go astray." Today, you'd say it was an aberration to send little children to work in coal mines and factories and not to school, which was common in the nineteenth century. There's a very old poem called "The Chimney Sweep" about a boy who cleans chimneys and is only about five years old! WORD FAMILYaberration: aberrations+/aberrate: aberrance, aberrated, aberrating, aberration USAGE EXAMPLESIf the result is great literature, it would be perverse to judge hearing voices an aberration requiring treatment rather than a precious gift. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) He fears the numbers aren’t an aberration, but the beginning of another upward curve. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) Seahawks comment: “When the losses over the last five games outnumber the wins, it’s hard to call any defeat an aberration.” Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1n a state or condition markedly different from the norm Syn|Hypo|Hyper aberrance, aberrancy, deviance chromosomal aberration, chromosomal anomaly, chromosonal disorder, chrosomal abnormality any change in the normal structure or number of chromosomes; often results in physical or mental abnormalities deflection, warpa twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting monosomychromosomal abnormality consisting of the absence of one chromosome from the normal diploid number trisomychrosomal abnormality in which there is one more than the normal number of chromosomes in a cell sex-linked disorderany disease or abnormality that is determined by the sex hormones abnormalcy, abnormality an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies 2n a disorder in one's mental state Hyper disturbance, folie, mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness 3n an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image Syn|Hypo|Hyper distortion, optical aberration chromatic aberration an optical aberration in which the image has colored fringes spherical aberrationan optical aberration resulting in a distorted image optical phenomenon a physical phenomenon related to or involving light |
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