intermittent
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Tính từ
adjective- 1.
Stopping and starting, occurring, or presenting at intervals; coming after a particular time span.
The day was cloudy with intermittent rain.
Intermittent bugs are most difficult to reproduce.
Đồng nghĩa: periodic, periodical, patchy, spasmodic, broken, fitful, ragged, catchy, discontinuous, intermissive, intermittent, patchy, spasmodic, stop-start
- 2.
(specifically)(specifically, geology, of a body of water) Existing only for certain seasons; that is, being dry for part of the year.
The area has many intermittent lakes and streams.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(dated)(medicine, dated) An intermittent fever or disease.
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Nguồn gốc từ
From Middle French intermittent, from Latin intermittens (sending between), from prefix inter- (among, on) + mittens (sending), from mittere (to send).