glitch

noun

/ɡlɪtʃ/

(informal)

a small problem or fault that stops something working successfully小故障；小毛病；小差错
- A few technical glitches forced us to postpone the demonstration.一些技术故障迫使我们推迟了演示。
- It was only a temporary glitch but it could have put people’s lives in danger.这虽然是个暂时性的小毛病，但却可能威胁到人的生命。
- The new system has too many bugs and glitches to be trusted.新系统有太多错误和故障，值得信任。
Topics Difficulty and failurec2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Glitch is used after these nouns:
computer
[uncountable] a type of electronic music that uses sound recordings and electronic instruments that have been made to work incorrectly so there are deliberate glitches in the sound毛刺：一种电子音乐，使用的录音和电子乐器无法正常工作，因此声音中存在故意的毛刺
- Their style embraces everything from hip hop and funk to techno and glitch.他们的风格涵盖了从嘻哈、放克到电子和故障的一切。
Topics Musicc2

Word Origin1960s (originally US): of unknown origin. The original sense was ‘a sudden surge of current’, hence ‘malfunction, hitch’ in astronautical slang.

glitch

verb

/ɡlɪtʃ/

(informal) [intransitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they glitch	/ɡlɪtʃ/ /ɡlɪtʃ/
he / she / it glitches	/ˈɡlɪtʃɪz/ /ˈɡlɪtʃɪz/
past simple glitched	/ɡlɪtʃt/ /ɡlɪtʃt/
past participle glitched	/ɡlɪtʃt/ /ɡlɪtʃt/
-ing form glitching	/ˈɡlɪtʃɪŋ/ /ˈɡlɪtʃɪŋ/

(of a machine or system) to suffer a sudden fault and fail to work correctly（机器或系统）出故障，出毛病
- The screen glitched.屏幕出了故障。
- The instrument panel began glitching back in March.仪表板从三月份开始出现故障。
Topics Difficulty and failurec2
Word Origin1960s (originally US): of unknown origin. The original sense was ‘a sudden surge of current’, hence ‘malfunction, hitch’ in astronautical slang.