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fault n.错误；(地质学)断层 fault (n.) late 13c., faute, "deficiency," from Old French faute (12c.) "opening, gap; failure, flaw, blemish; lack, deficiency," from Vulgar Latin *fallita "a shortcoming, falling," noun use of fem. past participle, from Latin falsus "deceptive, feigned, spurious," past participle of fallere "deceive, disappoint" (see fail (v.)).The -l- was restored 16c., probably in imitation of Latin, but was not pronounced till 18c. Sense of "physical defect" is from early 14c.; that of "moral culpability" is first recorded late 14c. Geological sense is from 1796. The use in tennis (c.1600) is closer to the etymological sense.fault (v.) late 14c., Scottish, "be deficient;" see fault (n.). Meaning "find fault with" is from mid-15c. Related: Faulted; faulter; faulting. 【记】fall 倒下, fail 失败

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[fɔ:lt] 【考】 foible : fault / quibble : objection(程度: 小缺点缺点/轻微反对 反对)impeccable : fault / unblemished : imperfection(无缺陷的无缺陷/无 瑕的无瑕疵) n. 错误; 性格上的小弱点; 身体上的缺陷; 断层; (网球中)发球失误【类】foible: fault = quibble: objection 小缺点对缺点 = 小反对对反对impeccable: fault = unblemished: imperfection无缺陷的无缺陷 = 无暇的无瑕疵

单词	fault
音标	[fɔ:lt]
解释	n.错误；(地质学)断层
红宝书	【考】 foible : fault / quibble : objection(程度: 小缺点缺点/轻微反对反对)impeccable : fault / unblemished : imperfection(无缺陷的无缺陷/无瑕的无瑕疵)
字源	fault (n.) late 13c., faute, "deficiency," from Old French faute (12c.) "opening, gap; failure, flaw, blemish; lack, deficiency," from Vulgar Latin *fallita "a shortcoming, falling," noun use of fem. past participle, from Latin falsus "deceptive, feigned, spurious," past participle of fallere "deceive, disappoint" (see fail (v.)). The -l- was restored 16c., probably in imitation of Latin, but was not pronounced till 18c. Sense of "physical defect" is from early 14c.; that of "moral culpability" is first recorded late 14c. Geological sense is from 1796. The use in tennis (c.1600) is closer to the etymological sense. fault (v.) late 14c., Scottish, "be deficient;" see fault (n.). Meaning "find fault with" is from mid-15c. Related: Faulted; faulter; faulting.
不择手段背单词	n. 错误; 性格上的小弱点; 身体上的缺陷; 断层; (网球中)发球失误【类】foible: fault = quibble: objection 小缺点对缺点 = 小反对对反对impeccable: fault = unblemished: imperfection无缺陷的无缺陷 = 无暇的无瑕疵
趣味全助记	【记】fall 倒下, fail 失败

Fault Late Latin Past Fail Sense Fɔ:Lt N.错误；(地质学)断层