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malfunction

/ˌmælˈfʌŋkʃən/ American
  • n. 故障
  • v. 发生故障, 失灵
Definition
  • n. a failure to work correctly
  • v. to fail to work correctly
Example
The printer started to malfunction and stopped printing halfway through.
打印机开始出现故障,打印到一半就停了。