vice
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
Bad or immoral behaviour. (Especially often, a habit that harms oneself or others)
Pride is a vice, not a virtue.
Smoking was a vice Sally picked up in high school.
Đồng nghĩa: profligacy, carrying-on, Corinthianism, knavery, profligacy, rakehood, vice
- 2.
(law) Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to weapons, prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, or drugs.
- 3.
(abbreviation, alt of, clipping, slang)(law enforcement, slang) Clipping of vice squad.
- 4.
A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness.
- 5.
(Commonwealth, alt of, alternative)Alternative spelling of vise (“mechanical screw apparatus used for clamping”).
- 6.
A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.
- 7.
(architecture) A winding or spiral staircase.
- 8.
(obsolete)A grip or grasp.
- 9.
One who acts in place of a superior.
c. 1850s-1870s, Edward Minister and Son, The Gazette of Fashion and Cutting-Room Companion The health of the Vice was proposed in appropriate language; in replying, Mr. Marriott thanked the company […]
Động từ
verb- 1.
(alt of, alternative)Alternative spelling of vise (“to hold or squeeze with a vice”).
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(not comparable)in place of; subordinate to; designating a person below another in rank
vice president
vice admiral
preposition
preposition- 1.
(dated)(chiefly dated) Instead of; in place of; versus.
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dwóh₁ From Middle English vice, from Old French vice, from Latin vitium (fault or blemish). Displaced native unþēaw.