malfunction

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˌmælˈfʌŋk.ʃən/    /ˌmælˈfʌŋk.ʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Faulty functioning.
    — This weekend, as videos of robotaxi malfunctions began appearing on social media, opponents say they are seeing their fears realized.
  2. Failure to function.
动词 v.
  1. To function improperly.
    — She told him the machine was poorly built, but they both knew that she was the one who had malfunctioned.
  2. To fail to function.

词形变化

malfunctions plural malfunctions present,singular,third-person malfunctioning participle,present malfunctioned participle,past malfunctioned past

词源

词源 1
From mal- (“bad, incorrect”) + function.
词源 2
From mal- (“bad, incorrect”) + function.
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