flaw

n. 瑕疵，缺点；一阵狂风；短暂的风暴；裂缝，裂纹

v. 使生裂缝，使有裂纹；使无效；使有缺陷

vi. 生裂缝；变的有缺陷

中文词源

flaw 缺点

词源不详。可能来自flake, 碎片。引申词义缺陷，缺点。

flaw: flaw: see flake
flaw (n.): early 14c., "a flake" (of snow), also in Middle English "a spark of fire; a splinter," from Old Norse flaga "stone slab, layer of stone," perhaps used here in a wider sense (see flag (n.2)). Old English had floh stanes, but the Middle English form suggests a Scandinavian origin. "The close resemblance in sense between flaw and flake is noteworthy" [OED]. Sense of "defect, fault" first recorded 1580s, first of character, later (c. 1600) of material things; probably via notion of a "fragment" broken off.
flaw (v.): "cause a flaw or defect in," early 15c. (implied in flawed); see flaw (n.). Related: Flawing.

1. flag, flake <====> flaw, floe, flay.2. blow => flaw.3. 谐音“缝裂”。4. f-(谐音“缝”) + law => flaw: 法律缝隙、法律缺陷、法律漏洞。

1. The only flaw in his character seems to be a short temper.: 他性格中的唯一缺点好像就是脾气急。