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lapsus

/lap-suhs; Latin lahp-soos/US // ˈlæp səs; Latin ˈlɑp sʊs //UK // (ˈlæpsəs) //

误区,失误,忽悠,误期

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a slip or lapse.

Examples

  • Mr. Radenhurst took advantage of this lapsus, and moved for a new trial in term, which he obtained.

  • The artist is a sort of impassioned proof-reader, blue-pencilling the lapsus calami of God.

  • Hibbard's listing was obviously a lapsus calami for Chelydra since he placed the genus in the family Chelydridae.

  • But how am I to excuse such a Leviathan lapsus linguæ as the figure of the equestrian mounted upon a cow?

  • Do not let it be supposed that these are instances of a mere lapsus linguo on the part of certain ignorant writers!