outage
Chinese meaning
（电力等的）中断，停电
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Example
Cuba on Monday suffered its third nationwide power outage since the start of the year, the state electricity company said.
古巴国家电力公司周一表示，该国自年初以来已遭遇第三次全国性停电。
Source: The Guardian · 6 Jul 2026
Background ✎
Roots · etymology
仿shortage构词，out+-age表中断状态
- out(断开、停止)+ -age(名词后缀，仿shortage)
Collocations
- power outage / nationwide outage / suffer an outage
