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distract 音標拼音: [dɪstr'ækt] v. 分散,岔開;弄昏,使煩惱;消遣,娛樂 分散,岔開;弄昏,使煩惱;消遣,娛樂 distract v 1: draw someone' s attention away from something; " The thief distracted the bystanders"; " He deflected his competitors" [ synonym: { distract}, { deflect}] 2: disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; " She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill" [ synonym: { perturb}, { unhinge}, { disquiet}, { trouble}, { cark}, { distract}, { disorder}] Distract \ Dis* tract"\, a. [ L. distractus, p. p. of distrahere to draw asunder; dis- trahere to draw. See { Trace}, and cf. { Distraught}.] 1. Separated; drawn asunder. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] 2. Insane; mad. [ Obs.] -- Drayton. [ 1913 Webster]
Distract \ Dis* tract"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Distracted}, old p. p. { Distraught}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Distracting}.] 1. To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin. [ 1913 Webster] A city . . . distracted from itself. -- Fuller. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To draw ( the sight, mind, or attention) in different directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the eye; to distract the attention. [ 1913 Webster] Mixed metaphors . . . distract the imagination. -- Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of motives or of cares; to confound; to harass. [ 1913 Webster] Horror and doubt distract His troubled thoughts. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to madden; -- most frequently used in the participle, distracted. [ 1913 Webster] A poor mad soul; . . . poverty hath distracted her. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 80 Moby Thesaurus words for " distract": absorb, addle, agitate, amuse, ball up, befuddle, beguile, bemuse, bewilder, blunt, bother, bug, call away, chill, confound, confuse, convulse, cool, craze, damp, dampen, daze, deflect, delight, dement, derange, deter, detract, detract attention, disaffect, discompose, disconcert, discourage, disincline, disinterest, disturb, divert, divert the mind, drive insane, drive mad, embroil, engross, entertain, fluster, frenzy, fuddle, gratify, indispose, interest, mad, madden, make mad, mix up, mystify, occupy, perplex, perturb, psych, put off, puzzle, quench, rattle, repel, send mad, shatter, sidetrack, spook, throw, throw into confusion, throw off, trouble, turn aside, turn away, turn from, turn off, unbalance, unhinge, unsettle, upset, wean from
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