a sudden, usually temporary malfunction or irregularity of equipment
(设备)突然失灵;不规则运转(通常是暂时的)
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a draft version was lost in a computer glitch .由于计算机突然出了故障,因此草稿丢失了。
an unexpected setback in a plan
(计划受到的)意外挫折
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this has been the first real glitch they've encountered in a three months' tour .在这次为期三个月的旅行中,这还是他们第一次遇到真正的挫折。
【天文】 (脉冲星)自转突变。
〈主美〉 突然失灵;不规则地运转
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her job involves troubleshooting when systems glitch .她的工作就是在系统失灵时进行检修。
" 1960s (originally US): of unknown origin. The original sense was ‘a sudden surge of current', hence ‘malfunction, hitch' in astronautical slang."