self-canceling
- IPA[ˈˌself ˈkans(ə)liNG]
- having elements which contradict or negate one another；(of a mechanical device) designed to stop working automatically when no longer required.
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形容詞
- 1. having elements which contradict or negate one another some of the speculation had been self-canceling, with newspapers predicting that the government would take quite opposite courses
- 2. (of a mechanical device) designed to stop working automatically when no longer required.
- (especially of a pair of headphones) designed to reduce external noise, typically by generating ... I popped on my noise-canceling headphones and drifted off to sleep
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