flaw

• n. 欠陥；欠陥；一陣の風；短い嵐；ひび割れ；亀裂
• v. ひびが入る；ひびが入る；効かなくなる；欠陥がある
• vi. ひび割れる；欠陥になる

語源は不明。flake（薄片）、debris（破片）から来ている可能性がある。flow、欠点に由来。

flaw

flaw: see flake

flaw (n.)

early 14c., "a flake" (of snow), also in Middle English "a spark of fire; a splinter," from Old Norse flaga "stone slab, layer of stone," perhaps used here in a wider sense (see flag (n.2)). Old English had floh stanes, but the Middle English form suggests a Scandinavian origin. "The close resemblance in sense between flaw and flake is noteworthy" [OED]. Sense of "defect, fault" first recorded 1580s, first of character, later (c. 1600) of material things; probably via notion of a "fragment" broken off.

flaw (v.)

"cause a flaw or defect in," early 15c. (implied in flawed); see flaw (n.). Related: Flawing.

1. The only flaw in his character seems to be a short temper.

彼の性格の唯一の欠点は短気のようだ。

2.The flaw in this stamp makes it less valuable.

この切手は少し欠陥があるので、そんなに値打ちがありません。

3.It was a large diamond,but it had a flaw .

これは大きなダイヤモンドですが、少し欠点があります。

4.There isn 't the slightest flaw in this bowl.

このボウルには少しも欠点がない。

5.The bubble is a flaw in the glass.

という小さな気泡がこのグラスの欠点である。