loss

名词 n. 动词 v.
/lɒs/    /lɑs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement. countable
    — loss of limb; weight loss; loss of cognitive functions; loss of appetite.
  2. The destruction or ruin of an object. uncountable
  3. Something that has been destroyed or ruined. countable
    — It was a terrible crash; both cars were total losses.
  4. Defeat; an instance of being defeated. countable
    — The match ended in their first loss of the season.
  5. The death of a person or animal. countable
    — We mourn his loss.
  6. The condition of grief caused by losing someone or something, especially someone who has died. uncountable
    — Her daughter's sense of loss eventually led to depression.
  7. The sum an entity loses on balance. countable
    — The sum of expenditures and taxes minus total income is a loss, when this difference is positive.
  8. Electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work. countable,uncountable
    — The inefficiency of many old-fashioned power plants exceeds 60% loss before the subsequent losses during transport over the grid.
动词 v.
  1. Alternative spelling of lost. alt-of,alternative,colloquial

词形变化

losses plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English los, from Old English los (“damage, destruction, loss”), from Proto-West Germanic *los, from Proto-Germanic *lusą (“dissolution, break-up, loss”), from Proto-Indo-European *lews- (“to cut, sunder, separate, loose, lose”).
Cognate with Icelandic los (“dissolution, looseness, break-up”), Old English lor, forlor (“loss, ruin”), Middle High German verlor (“loss, ruin”). More at lose.
词源 2
Pronunciation spelling of lost, representing African-American Vernacular English.
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