foible
foible
[ˈfɔɪb(ə)l]
noun
[ˈfɔɪb(ə)l]
noun
- a minor weakness or eccentricity in someone's character
性格上的小缺点；怪癖
they have to tolerate each other's little foibles.
他们必须容忍各自性格上的小缺点。 - (Fencing)the part of a sword blade from the middle to the point
(剑)剑身弱部（中间到尖端的易卷曲部分）。 比较 forte
- late 16th cent. (as an adjective in the sense 'feeble'): from obsolete French, in Old French fieble (see feeble). Both noun senses also formerly occurred as senses of the word feeble and all date from the 17th cent
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