fail-safe

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.

中文释义

发音 fāl′sāf

英文释义

名词 n.

A device, mechanism or measure designed to make something fail-safe.

动词 v.

To compensate automatically, in the event of a failure.
To make a device or mechanism fail-safe, or to add a fail-safe device or mechanism to an existing system.

形容词 adj.

That does not cause undue damage in the event of failure.

— The system is failsafe, because everything is backed up automatically.
Designed to shut off for safety if an emergency occurs.

— All equipment is, of course, of "fail-safe" pattern.

词形变化

fail-safes plural fail-safes present,singular,third-person fail-safing participle,present fail-safed participle,past fail-safed past fail safe alternative