缺[quē]

动

1. be short of; lack

♦ ~人 be short of hands

♦ 这本书~两页。 Two pages are missing from this book.

♦ 这些条件~一不可。 Not a single one of these conditions can be dispensed with.

♦ 我们队可不能~了小林。 Our team can't do without Xiao Lin.

2. be absent

♦ 人都到齐了, 一个不~。 No one is absent. Everybody's here.

形incomplete; imperfect

♦ 残缺

名vacancy; opening

♦ 空缺