glitch

noun
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(informal)
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  1. a small problem or fault that stops something working successfully小故障;小毛病;小差错
    • A few technical glitches forced us to postpone the demonstration.一些技术故障迫使我们推迟了演示。
    • It was only a temporary glitch but it could have put people’s lives in danger.这虽然是个暂时性的小毛病,但却可能威胁到人的生命。
    • The new system has too many bugs and glitches to be trusted.新系统有太多错误和小故障,值得信赖。
    Topics Difficulty and failurec2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryGlitch is used after these nouns:
    • computer
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  2. [uncountable] a type of electronic music that uses sound recordings and electronic instruments that have been made to work incorrectly so there are deliberate glitches in the sound
    • Their style embraces everything from hip hop and funk to techno and glitch.他们的风格涵盖了从嘻哈和时髦到技术和小故障的一切。
  3. Word Origin1960s (originally US): of unknown origin. The original sense was ‘a sudden surge of current’, hence ‘malfunction, hitch’ in astronautical slang.

glitch

verb
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(informal) [intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they glitch
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he / she / it glitches
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past simple glitched
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past participle glitched
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-ing form glitching
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  1. (of a machine or system) to suffer a sudden fault and fail to work correctly(机器或系统)出故障,出毛病
    • The screen glitched.屏幕出现故障。
    • The instrument panel began glitching back in March.仪表板在三月份开始出现故障。
    Topics Difficulty and failurec2
    Word Origin1960s (originally US): of unknown origin. The original sense was ‘a sudden surge of current’, hence ‘malfunction, hitch’ in astronautical slang.