English-Thai Dictionary
lack
N ความขาดแคลน ความ ไม่ พอเพียง ความ ไม่ เพียงพอ scantness deficiency abundance surplus kwam-kad-kaen
lack
VI ต้องการ want require tong-kan
lack
VT ขาด ไร้ ปราศจาก ไม่มี มี ไม่พอ kad
lack for
PHRV ต้องการ ขาด ขาดแคลน want for tong-kan
lack in
PHRV ขาด ขาด (บางสิ่ง )ไป kad
lackadaisical
ADJ หมดอาลัยตายอยาก ซึ่ง ไม่กระตือรือร้น เซื่องซึม ซึ่ง ไม่ ตั้งใจ idle unambitious animated lively mod-ar-rai-tai-yak
lackaday
INT คำอุทาน แสดง ความเสียใจ
lacker
N น้ำมัน แลค เก อร์ น้ำมัน ต้น ยาง ใช้ เป็นน้ำ มัน ชักเงา ครั่ง lacquer
lackey
N คนรับใช้ ชาย ที่ สวม เครื่องแบบ ขี้ข้า footman liveried manservant kon-rab-chai-chai-ti-suam-krueang-baeb
lackey
N ผู้ติดตาม ข้า ติดตาม flunky flunkey toady phu-tid-tam
lacking
ADJ ขาดแคลน ไม่ เพียงพอ kad-krean
lackluster
ADJ ที่ น่าเบื่อ boring lacklustre ti-na-buea
lackluster
ADJ ไม่ แวววาว ไม่ สด ใส มัว dull lacklustre bright mai-wow
lacklustre
ADJ ที่ น่าเบื่อ boring lackluster ti-na-buea
lacklustre
ADJ ไม่ แวววาว ไม่ สด ใส มัว dull lackluster bright mai-wow
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
LACK
v.t.[L. deliquium, which seems to be connected with linquo, to leave, to faint, and with liquo, to melt, liquid, etc. ] 1. To want; to be destitute of; not to have or possess.
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask it of God - James 1:5.
2. To blame. [Not in use. ]
LACK
v.i. 1. To be in want.
The young lions do lack and suffer hunger. Psalm 34:1 .
2. To be wanting.
Perhaps there shall lack five of the fifty righteous. Genesis 18:28.
LACK
n.Want; destitution; need; failure. He that gathered little, had no lack. Exodus 16:18.
Lack of rupees is one hundred thousand rupees, which at 55 cents each, amount to fifty five thousand dollars, or at 2s. 6d. sterling, to 12,5 pounds.
LACK-A-DAY
exclam.of sorrow or regret; alas.
LACKBRAIN
n.One that wants brains, or is deficient in understanding.
LACKER, LACQUER
n.A kind of varnish. The basis of lackers is a solution of the substance called seed-lack or shell-lack, in spirit of wine or alcohol. Varnishes applied to metals improve their color and preserve them from tarnishing. Lackers consist of different resins in a state of solution, of which the most common are mastick, sandarach, lack, benzoin, copal, amber, and asphalt. The menstrua are either expressed or essential oils, or spirit of wine.
LACKER
v.t.To varnish; to smear over with lacker, for the purpose of improving color or preserving from tarnishing and decay.
LACKERED
pp. Covered with lacker; varnished.
LACKEY
n.[L. lego, to send. ] An attending servant; a footboy or footman.
LACKEY
v.t.To attend servilely.
LACKEY
v.i.To act as footboy; to pay servile attendance. Oft have I servants seen on horses ride, the free and noble lackey by their side.
LACKLINEN
a.Wanting shirts. [Little used. ]
LACKLUSTER
a.Wanting luster or brightness.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
LACK
Lack, n. Etym: [OE. lak; cf. D. lak slander, laken to blame, OHG. lahan, AS. leán.]
1. Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense. [Obs. ] Chaucer.
2. Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food. She swooneth now and now for lakke of blood. Chaucer. Let his lack of years be no impediment. Shak.
LACK
Lack, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lacked; p. pr. & vb. n. Lacking. ]
1. To blame; to find fault with. [Obs. ] Love them and lakke them not. Piers Plowman.
2. To be without or destitute of; to want; to need. If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God. James i. 5.
LACK
LACK Lack, v. i.
1. To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to be less than, short, not quite, etc. What hour now I think it lacks of twelve. Shak. Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty. Gen. xvii. 28.
2. To be in want. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger. Ps. xxxiv. 1 .
LACK
Lack, interj. Etym: [Cf. Alack. ]
Defn: Exclamation of regret or surprise. [Prov. Eng. ] Cowper.
LACKADAISICAL
Lack `a *dai "si *cal, a. Etym: [From Lackadaisy, interj. ]
Defn: Affectedly pensive; languidly sentimental. -- Lack `a *dai "si *cal *ly, adv.
LACKADAISY
Lack "a *dai `sy, interj. Etym: [From Lackaday, interj. ]
Defn: An expression of languor.
LACKADAISY
LACKADAISY Lack "a *dai `sy, a.
Defn: Lackadaisical.
LACKADAY
Lack "a *day `, interj. Etym: [Abbreviated from alackaday. ]
Defn: Alack the day; alas; -- an expression of sorrow, regret, dissatisfaction, or surprise.
LACKBRAIN
LACKBRAIN Lack "brain `, n.
Defn: One who is deficient in understanding; a witless person. Shak.
LACKER
LACKER Lack "er, n.
Defn: One who lacks or is in want.
LACKER
LACKER Lack "er, n. & v.
Defn: See Lacquer.
LACKEY
Lack "ey, n.; pl. Lackeys. Etym: [F. laquais; cf. Sp. & Pg. lacayo; of uncertain origin; perh. of German origin, and akin to E.lick, v.]
Defn: An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower. Like a Christian footboy or a gentleman's lackey. Shak. Lackey caterpillar (Zoöl.), the caterpillar, or larva, of any bombycid moth of the genus Clisiocampa; -- so called from its party- colored markings. The common European species (C. neustria ) is striped with blue, yellow, and red, with a white line on the back. The American species (C. Americana and C. sylvatica ) are commonly called tent caterpillars. See Tent caterpillar, under Tent. -- Lackey moth (Zoöl.), the moth which produces the lackey caterpillar.
LACKEY
LACKEY Lack "ey, v. t.
Defn: To attend as a lackey; to wait upon. A thousand liveried angels lackey her. Milton.
LACKEY
Lack "ey, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lackeyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Lackeying.]
Defn: To act or serve as lackey; to pay servile attendance.
LACKLUSTER; LACKLUSTRE
LACKLUSTER; LACKLUSTRE Lack "lus `ter, Lack "lus `tre, n.
Defn: A want of luster. -- a.
Defn: Wanting luster or brightness. "Lackluster eye. " Shak.
New American Oxford Dictionary
lack
lack |lak læk | ▶noun the state of being without or not having enough of something: the case was dismissed for lack of evidence | there is no lack of entertainment aboard ship | [ in sing. ] : there is a lack of parking space in the town. ▶verb [ with obj. ] be without or deficient in: the novel lacks imagination | [ no obj. ] : she lacks in patience | Sam did not lack for friends. ORIGIN Middle English: corresponding to, and perhaps partly from, Middle Dutch and Middle Low German lak ‘deficiency, ’ Middle Dutch laken ‘lack, blame. ’
lackadaisical
lack a dai si cal |ˌlakəˈdāzikəl ˈˌlækəˈˌdeɪzɪkəl | ▶adjective lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly lazy: a lackadaisical defense left the Spurs adrift in the second half. DERIVATIVES lack a dai si cal ly adverb ORIGIN mid 18th cent. (also in the sense ‘feebly sentimental ’): from the archaic interjection lackaday, lackadaisy (see alack ) + -ical .
lackaday
lack a day |ˈlakəˌdā ˈlækədeɪ | ▶exclam. archaic an expression of surprise, regret, or grief. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: shortening of alack-a-day.
Lackawanna
Lack a wan na |lakəˈwänə ˌlækəˈwɑnə | an industrial city in western New York, on Lake Erie, west of Buffalo; pop. 17,588 (est. 2008 ).
lackey
lack ey |ˈlakē ˈlæki | ▶noun ( pl. lackeys ) a servant, esp. a liveried footman or manservant. • derogatory a person who is obsequiously willing to obey or serve another person or group of people. ▶verb (also lacquey ) ( lackeys, lackeying, lackeyed ) [ with obj. ] archaic behave servilely to; wait upon as a lackey. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from French laquais, perhaps from Catalan alacay, from Arabic al-ḵā 'id ‘the chief. ’
lacking
lack ing |ˈlakiNG ˈlækɪŋ | ▶adjective [ predic. ] not available or in short supply: adequate resources and funds are both sadly lacking at present. • (of a quality ) missing or absent: there was something lacking in our marriage. • deficient or inadequate: the students are not lacking in intellectual ability | workers were asked in what way they found their managers lacking .
lackluster
lack lus ter |ˈlakˌləstər ˈlækləstər |(Brit. lacklustre ) ▶adjective lacking in vitality, force, or conviction; uninspired or uninspiring: no excuses were made for the team's lackluster performance. • (of the hair or the eyes ) not shining; dull.
Oxford Dictionary
lack
lack |lak | ▶noun [ mass noun ] (usu. lack of ) the state of being without or not having enough of something: there is no lack of entertainment aboard ship | the case was dismissed for lack of evidence | [ in sing. ] : there is a lack of parking space in the town. ▶verb [ with obj. ] be without or deficient in: the novel lacks imagination | [ no obj. ] : she lacks in patience | Sam did not lack for friends. ORIGIN Middle English: corresponding to, and perhaps partly from, Middle Dutch and Middle Low German lak ‘deficiency ’, Middle Dutch laken ‘lack, blame ’.
lackadaisical
lackadaisical |ˌlakəˈdeɪzɪk (ə )l | ▶adjective lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly lazy: a lackadaisical defence left Spurs adrift in the second half. DERIVATIVES lackadaisically adverb ORIGIN mid 18th cent. (also in the sense ‘feebly sentimental ’): from lackaday or its obsolete extended form lackadaisy .
lackaday
lack |aday |ˈlakədeɪ | ▶exclamation archaic an expression of surprise, regret, or grief. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: shortening of alack-a-day.
Lackawanna
Lack a wan na |lakəˈwänə ˌlækəˈwɑnə | an industrial city in western New York, on Lake Erie, west of Buffalo; pop. 17,588 (est. 2008 ).
lackey
lackey |ˈlaki | ▶noun ( pl. lackeys ) 1 a servant, especially a liveried footman or manservant. • derogatory a person who is obsequiously willing to obey or serve another person. 2 (also lackey moth ) a brownish European moth of woods and hedgerows, the caterpillars of which live communally in a silken tent on the food tree. [mid 19th cent.: from the resemblance of the coloured stripes of its caterpillars to a footman's livery. ] ●Malacosoma neustria, family Lasiocampidae. ▶verb ( lackeys, lackeying, lackeyed ) [ with obj. ] archaic behave servilely towards; wait on as a lackey. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from French laquais, perhaps from Catalan alacay, from Arabic al-qā 'id ‘the chief ’.
lacking
lack |ing |ˈlakɪŋ | ▶adjective [ predic. ] not available or in short supply: adequate resources are sadly lacking. • (of a quality ) absent: there was something lacking in our marriage. • deficient or inadequate: the students are not lacking in intellectual ability | workers were asked in what way they found their managers lacking .
lacklustre
lacklustre |ˈlaklʌstə |(US lackluster ) ▶adjective 1 lacking in vitality, force, or conviction; uninspired or uninspiring: no excuses were made for the team's lacklustre performance. 2 (of the hair or the eyes ) not shining; dull.
American Oxford Thesaurus
lack
lack noun a lack of cash: absence, want, need, deficiency, dearth, insufficiency, shortage, shortfall, scarcity, paucity, unavailability, deficit. ANTONYMS abundance. ▶verb they lack sufficient resources: be without, be in need of, need, be lacking, require, want, be short of, be deficient in, be bereft of, be low on, be pressed for, have insufficient; informal be strapped for. ANTONYMS have, possess.
lackadaisical
lackadaisical adjective I was lackadaisical about my training: lethargic, apathetic, listless, sluggish, spiritless, passionless; careless, lazy, lax, unenthusiastic, halfhearted, lukewarm, indifferent, unconcerned, casual, offhand, blasé, insouciant, relaxed; informal laid-back, easygoing, couldn't-care-less. ANTONYMS enthusiastic. WORD NOTE lackadaisical Lackadaisical is such a deliberate word that its use is nearly oxymoronic. No one ever uses lackadaisical carelessly or without thinking; it's always put in calculatedly and consciously. Insouciant is the same way —troubled to be untroubled. — EM Conversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage.
lackey
lackey noun 1 lackeys helped them from their carriage: servant, flunky, footman, manservant, valet, steward, butler, attendant, houseboy, domestic; archaic scullion. 2 one of the manager's lackeys: toady, flunky, sycophant, flatterer, minion, hanger-on, lickspittle, brown-noser, spaniel, pawn, underling, stooge; informal yes-man, trained seal, bootlicker, doormat, drudge, peon.
lacking
lacking adjective 1 proof was lacking: absent, missing, nonexistent, unavailable. ANTONYMS present, plentiful. 2 they found the department lacking on two counts: deficient, defective, inadequate, wanting, flawed, faulty, insufficient, unacceptable, impaired, imperfect, inferior. ANTONYMS perfect. 3 he seemed to be lacking in common sense: without, devoid of, bereft of; deficient in, low on, short on, in need of; informal minus. ANTONYMS full of.
lackluster
lackluster adjective a lackluster performance: uninspired, uninspiring, unimaginative, dull, humdrum, colorless, characterless, bland, dead, insipid, vapid, flat, dry, lifeless, tame, prosaic, spiritless, lusterless; boring, monotonous, dreary, tedious; informal blah. ANTONYMS inspired.
Oxford Thesaurus
lack
lack noun a lack of cash: absence, want, need, deficiency, dearth, insufficiency, shortage, shortfall, scarcity, paucity, unavailability, scarceness, undersupply, deficit, scantiness, sparseness, meagreness, inadequacy, shortness, deprivation, destitution, privation, famine, drought, poverty, non-existence, rareness, infrequency, uncommonness; rare exiguity, exiguousness. ANTONYMS abundance; sufficiency. ▶verb she's immature and lacks judgement: be without, have need of, be in need of, need, be lacking, require, want, feel the want of, be short of, be deficient in, stand in need of, go without, be bereft of, be deprived of, be low on, be pressed for, not have enough of, be devoid of, have insufficient, cry out for; miss; informal be clean /fresh out of, be strapped for. ANTONYMS have, own, possess, enjoy.
lackadaisical
lackadaisical adjective I was lackadaisical about my training: careless, lazy, lax, unenthusiastic, half-hearted, uninterested, lukewarm, indifferent, uncaring, unconcerned, casual, offhand, blasé, insouciant, leisurely, relaxed; apathetic, languid, languorous, lethargic, limp, listless, sluggish, enervated, spiritless, aimless, bloodless, torpid, passionless, idle, indolent, shiftless, inert, impassive, feeble; informal laid back, couldn't-care-less, easy going, slap-happy; Brit. vulgar slang half-arsed; rare Laodicean, poco-curante. ANTONYMS enthusiastic, excited.
lackey
lackey noun 1 lackeys were waiting to help them from their carriage: servant, flunkey, footman, manservant, valet, liveried servant, steward, butler, equerry, retainer, vassal, page, attendant, houseboy, domestic, drudge, factotum; informal skivvy; archaic scullion. 2 a rich man's lackey: toady, flunkey, sycophant, flatterer, minion, doormat, dogsbody, spaniel, stooge, hanger-on, lickspittle, parasite; tool, puppet, instrument, pawn, subordinate, underling, creature, cat's paw; informal yes-man, bootlicker.
lacking
lacking adjective 1 proof was lacking: absent, missing, non-existent, not present, unavailable, not to be found. ANTONYMS present, plentiful. 2 the advocate general found the government lacking on two counts: deficient, defective, inadequate, wanting, limited, flawed, faulty, insufficient, unacceptable, impaired, imperfect, second-rate, restricted, inferior. ANTONYMS perfect. 3 the game was lacking in atmosphere: without, devoid of, bereft of, bankrupt of, destitute of, empty of, deprived of, free from /of; deficient in, low on, short on, in need of; informal minus. ANTONYMS full of.
lacklustre
lacklustre adjective a limp and lacklustre speech: uninspired, uninspiring, unimaginative, dull, humdrum, colourless, characterless, bland, insipid, vapid, flat, dry, lifeless, listless, tame, tired, prosaic, mundane, run-of-the-mill, commonplace, spiritless, lustreless, apathetic, torpid, unanimated; uninteresting, boring, monotonous, dreary, tedious, wearisome. ANTONYMS inspired, brilliant.
Duden Dictionary
Lack
Lack Substantiv, maskulin , der |L a ck |der Lack; Genitiv: des Lack [e ]s, (Arten : ) Lacke italienisch lacca < mittellateinisch lacca < arabisch lakk < persisch lāk < altindisch lākśā 1 [farbloses ] flüssiges Gemisch, mit dem Möbel, Türen, Fensterrahmen, Gegenstände aus Metall u. a. angestrichen werden und das nach dem Trocknen einen glänzenden, schützenden Überzug bildet farbloser, roter, lösungsmittelarmer, schnell trocknender Lack | der Lack platzt, springt ab, blättert ab, bekommt Risse | das Auto hat einige Kratzer im Lack in der Lackierung der Lack ist ab salopp der Reiz der Neuheit ist dahin, die Anziehungskraft von etwas hat stark nachgelassen ; die Jugendfrische, die jugendliche Anziehungskraft ist dahin und fertig ist der Lack umgangssprachlich und damit ist die Sache schon erledigt bezieht sich wohl darauf, dass Lack schnell aufzutragen ist, aber große Wirkung erzielt du brauchst nur auf einen Knopf zu drücken, und fertig ist der Lack 2 a Kurzwort für: Nagellack b Kurzwort für: Goldlack
Lackaffe
Lack af fe Substantiv, maskulin umgangssprachlich abwertend , der |L a ckaffe |eingebildeter, eitler Mann; Geck 1
Lackarbeit
Lack ar beit Substantiv, feminin , die |L a ckarbeit |in der Technik der Lackkunst hergestellte Arbeit 4a
Lacke
La cke Substantiv, feminin , die |L a cke |österreichisch Lache
Lackel
La ckel Substantiv, maskulin besonders süddeutsch, österreichisch umgangssprachlich abwertend , der |L a ckel |Herkunft ungeklärt ungeschickter, unbeholfener Mensch; Tölpel 1
lacken
la cken schwaches Verb |l a cken |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « zu Lack 1 selten lackieren 1 die Türen müssen neu gelackt werden | ein gelackter Stoff Stoff, der durch einen lackartigen Überzug einen Hochglanzeffekt bekommen hat 2 mit Lack 2 überziehen, bedecken [sich ] die Fingernägel lacken | sie hat immer gelackte Fingernägel
lackglänzend
lack glän zend Adjektiv |l a ckglänzend |
Lackgürtel
Lack gür tel Substantiv, maskulin , der |L a ckgürtel |Gürtel aus Lackleder
lackieren
la ckie ren schwaches Verb |lack ie ren |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « italienisch laccare 1 Lack auftragen Fenster, Möbel lackieren | lackierte Türen 2 mit Nagellack bestreichen jemandem, sich die Fingernägel lackieren | lackierte Fußnägel 3 vielleicht nach der Vorstellung, dass jemand etwas gekauft hat, dessen Mängel mit einer Lackschicht überdeckt worden sind salopp hereinlegen sie haben ihn bei dem Kauf ganz schön lackiert | wenn die Sache bekannt wird, ist er lackiert übel dran, hereingelegt
Lackierer
La ckie rer Substantiv, maskulin , der |Lack ie rer |der Lackierer; Genitiv: des Lackierers, Plural: die Lackierer Facharbeiter, der lackiert 1 Berufsbezeichnung
Lackiererei
La ckie re rei Substantiv, feminin , die |Lackierer ei |die Lackiererei; Genitiv: der Lackiererei, Plural: die Lackierereien 1 Werkstatt, in der Gegenstände lackiert werden 2 ohne Plural umgangssprachlich abwertend mühsame, lästige Arbeit des dauernden Lackierens
Lackiererin
La ckie re rin Substantiv, feminin , die |Lack ie rerin |weibliche Form zu Lackierer
Lackierung
La ckie rung Substantiv, feminin , die |Lack ie rung |die Lackierung; Genitiv: der Lackierung, Plural: die Lackierungen 1 das Lackieren; das Lackiertwerden 2 auf einen Gegenstand aufgetragener Lack die Lackierung ist zerkratzt
Lackierwerkstatt
La ckier werk statt Substantiv, feminin , die Lackierwerkstätte |Lack ie rwerkstatt |
Lackierwerkstätte
La ckier werk stät te Substantiv, feminin , die Lackierwerkstatt |Lack ie rwerkstätte |
Lackkunst
Lack kunst Substantiv, feminin , die |L a ckkunst |ohne Plural in Ostasien verbreitete künstlerische Technik, bei der Möbel, Kästchen, Bilder u. a. mit meist schwarzem oder rotem Lack überzogen, mit Perlmutt oder Elfenbein eingelegt oder mit Farben bemalt werden
Lackleder
Lack le der Substantiv, Neutrum , das |L a ckleder |mit Lack 1 überzogenes, stark glänzendes Leder besonders für Schuhe, Handtaschen, Gürtel
Lackmantel
Lack man tel Substantiv, maskulin , der |L a ckmantel |
lackmeiern
lack mei ern gelackmeiert |l a ckmeiern |
Lackmus
Lack mus Substantiv, Neutrum oder Substantiv, maskulin Chemie , das oder der |L a ckmus |das oder der Lackmus; Genitiv: des Lackmus niederländisch lakmoes, älter lecmoes; vielleicht eigentlich »Tropfbrei «, zu: niederländisch lekken = tröpfeln; lecken und moes = Brei; Mus, weil der Farbstoff aus dem Brei zerstampfter Pflanzen tröpfelte aus Lackmusflechten gewonnener, als Indikator 2 verwendeter blauer Farbstoff
Lackmusflechte
Lack mus flech te Substantiv, feminin , die |L a ckmusflechte |Flechte, aus der Lackmus gewonnen wird
Lackmuspapier
Lack mus pa pier Substantiv, Neutrum Chemie , das |L a ckmuspapier |ohne Plural mit Lackmus getränktes, saugfähiges Papier, das als Indikator 2 für Säuren und Basen verwendet wird
Lackmustest
Lack mus test Substantiv, maskulin oder Substantiv, Neutrum , der oder das |L a ckmustest |1 Chemie mithilfe von Lackmus [papier ] durchgeführter Test zur Prüfung des pH-Wertes einer Lösung 2 bildungssprachlich Prüfstein; Gradmesser
Lackschaden
Lack scha den Substantiv, maskulin , der |L a ckschaden |
Lackschicht
Lack schicht Substantiv, feminin , die |L a ckschicht |auf einen Gegenstand aufgebrachte Schicht aus Lack 1
Lackschuh
Lack schuh Substantiv, maskulin , der |L a ckschuh |Schuh aus Lackleder
Lackstiefel
Lack stie fel Substantiv, maskulin , der |L a ckstiefel |
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
lack
lack /læk /〖語源は 「欠点 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-s /1 U 不足 , 欠乏 ; «…が » (十分 )ないこと «of » (shortage, want ) (!(1 )具体例ではa ～; その際しばしば修飾語を伴う. (2 )強調の 形容詞 はcomplete, totalなど ) ▸ There was a distinct lack of communication between them .明らかに彼らの間には十分な意思の疎通が不足していた ▸ die from lack of oxygen 酸欠で死亡する .2 C ｟やや古 ｠不足しているもの ▸ I know what the lacks are .不足しているものが何だか私にはわかっている for [through ] l á ck of A A 〈物 事 〉の不足のために ▸ for lack of a better term [word ]ほかに適当な言葉がないために .n ò l á ck of A 十分なA, 事欠かないほどのA (!しばしばThere is ～. で ) .動詞 ～s /-s /; ～ed /-t /; ～ing 他動詞 〈人 物が 〉〈必要な物 事 〉を欠いている (!受け身にしない; 通例進行形にしない ) ▸ He lacks confidence .彼には自信が欠けている (≒He is lacking in [has a lack of ] confidence. )▸ The company lacked direction .その会社には明確な経営方針がなかった (≒… had a lack of direction. )▸ What they lack in number they make up for in diversity .数不足は, 種類の多さで補っている (!What … number の節は make up for の目的語が文頭に置かれたもの ) 自動詞 【物 事が 】不足している «for , in » (!inを用いるのは進行形で; ↑他動詞 第1例 , →lacking ) ▸ We don't lack for funds .｟かたく ｠私たちは資金は不足していない (!lack for は通例否定文で用いられる ) l à ck (for ) n ó thing ｟かたく ｠(必要なものは )全部持っている, 何一つ不自由していない .
lackadaisical
lack a dai si cal /læ̀kədéɪzɪk (ə )l /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠無関心な, やる気のない ; 無頓着な .
lackey
lack ey /lǽki /名詞 複 ～s C ｟けなして ｠他人の言いなりになる人 ; ｟やや古 ｠しもべ .
lacking
lack ing /lǽkɪŋ /形容詞 比較なし 〖be ～〗1 〈必要な物が 〉ない, 不足している (→short )▸ Water [Money ] is lacking .水 [金 ]が不足している 2 〈人 物が 〉【物 性質 能力などを 】持っていない, 欠いている, 必要としている «in » ▸ a word lacking in meaning 意味のない語 3 ｟くだけて ｠頭が悪い, 低能の .前置詞 ｟文 ｠…なしに, …がなければ (without ).
lackluster
l á ck l ù s ter ｟英 ｠-tre 形容詞 〈公演などが 〉つまらない, 活気がない ; さえない, 輝きがない .
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