a small problem or fault that stops something working successfully 小故障；小毛病；小差错 A few technical glitches forced us to postpone the demonstration. 一些技术故障迫使我们推迟了演示。 It was only a temporary glitch but it could have put people’s lives in danger. 这虽然是个暂时性的小毛病，但却可能威胁到人的生命。 The new system has too many bugs and glitches to be trusted. 新系统有太多的漏洞和故障，不值得信任。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryGlitch is used after these nouns:- computer
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a type of electronic music that uses sound recordings and electronic instruments that have been made to work incorrectly so there are deliberate glitches in the sound 毛刺： 一种电子音乐，使用的录音和电子乐器无法正常工作，因此声音中存在故意的毛刺Their style embraces everything from hip hop and funk to techno and glitch. 他们的风格包罗万象，从嘻哈和放克到技术和故障。
Word Origin1960s (originally US): of unknown origin. The original sense was ‘a sudden surge of current’, hence ‘malfunction, hitch’ in astronautical slang.