English Dictionary

lack

/lak/

verb

(transitive) To be without, to need, to require. / (intransitive) To be short (of or for something). / (intransitive, obsolete) To be in want.

They lack the necessary resources to complete the project.

意味（1）

(transitive) To be without, to need, to require.

My life lacks excitement.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To be short (of or for something).

He'll never lack for company while he's got all that money.

意味（3）

(intransitive, obsolete) To be in want.

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger […]

意味（4）

(obsolete) To see the deficiency in (someone or something); to find fault with, to malign, reproach.

That is Mede þe Mayde quod she · hath noyed me ful oft / And ylakked my lemman.