lack

noun · verbA1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

lacks

1.
(countable, uncountable)A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want, dearth.
Đồng nghĩa: paucity
2.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy.
3.
(alt of, archaic)Archaic form of lakh.
a lack of rupees

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

lacks

V_ing/Gerund

lacking

V_ed/pp

lacked

1.
(stative, transitive)To be without, not to have, to need, to require.
My life lacks excitement.
2.
(intransitive)To be short (of or for something).
He'll never lack for company while he's got all that money.
3.
(intransitive, obsolete)To be in want.
4.
(obsolete)To see the deficiency in (someone or something); to find fault with, to malign, reproach.
5.
(African-American Vernacular) To be off one's guard.
His opps caught him lacking.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

paucity

Trái nghĩa

glut surplus plethora

Cùng gốc / liên quan

lacklustergood lack

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English lack, lakke, lak, from Old English *læc (deficiency, lack, want), from *lak, from Proto-Germanic *laką, *lakaz (slackness), from Proto-Germanic *lakaz (limp, slack, loose, low), related to *lak(k)ōną (to blame, reproach), from Proto-Indo-European *lok-néh₂-. Cognate with Lak, lack, lak (lack), lak, lakur lacking. Related also to laken.