pitfall

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɪtfɔːl/    美 /ˈpɪtfɔl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A potential, unsuspected, hidden problem, hazard, or danger that is easily encountered but not immediately obvious. figuratively
    — It's usually a simple task, but you should know the pitfalls before you attempt it yourself.
  2. A type of trap consisting of a concealed pit in the ground, which the victim is supposed to fall into and not be able to get out from.
  3. An antipattern.
  4. Subsidence below ground in a mine, which can cause the ground level above to drop.
    — This pitfall, beginning in February and finishing in May, resulted in a drop of about 3 ft. in the platform level; during this period it was necessary to level the track three times weekly, and impose a service slack of 15 m.p.h. The subsidence appears now to have finished, and normal speed is once again permitted.

词形变化

pitfalls plural

词汇关系

下位词
ifs, ands, or buts
衍生词
pitfall and gin pitfalled pitfalling

词源

First recorded use in the 14th century from pit + fall in the sense of "pit trap, pit snare", from Old English fealle (“trap, snare”), from Proto-Germanic *fallą, *fallaz (“a fall, trap”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pōl-. Cognate with German Falle (“trap, snare”).
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