aberration
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 离开正路,偏离,畸变,光行差,心理失常,色差
构词拆分
演变路径(由近及远)
- 英语
- 书面借自 ←拉丁语 aberrātiō “relief, diversion”
原始词根
原始印欧语 *h₁ers-
词源说明
A learned borrowing from Latin aberrātiō(n) (“relief, diversion”), first attested in 1594, from aberrō (“wander away, go astray”), from ab (“away”) + errō (“wander”). Compare French aberration. By surface analysis, aberrat(e) + -ion.
释义(英文)
名词 Noun
- The act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from the straight, correct, proper, normal, or from the natural state. [Late 16th century.]
- (optics) The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; a defect in a focusing mechanism that prevents the intended focal point. [Mid 18th century.]
- (astronomy) A small periodical