• n. 瑕疵，缺点；一阵狂风；短暂的风暴；裂缝，裂纹
• v. 使生裂缝，使有裂纹；使无效；使有缺陷
• vi. 生裂缝；变的有缺陷

词源不详。可能来自flake, 碎片。引申词义缺陷，缺点。

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.

他性格中的唯一缺点好像就是脾气急。

来自柯林斯例句

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

这张邮票因为有点缺陷,不那么值钱.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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

这是颗大钻石, 但它有一点瑕疵.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

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

这只碗上丁点儿毛病都没有.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. The bubble is a flaw in the glass.

这个小气泡是这只玻璃杯的缺点.

来自《用法词典》