資料來源 : pyDict

娛樂,分心的事物,分心

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Distraction \Dis*trac"tion\, n. [L. distractio: cf. F.
   distraction.]
   1. The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation.

            To create distractions among us.      --Bp. Burnet.

   2. That which diverts attention; a diversion. ``Domestic
      distractions.'' --G. Eliot.

   3. A diversity of direction; detachment. [Obs.]

            His power went out in such distractions as Beguiled
            all species.                          --Shak.

   4. State in which the attention is called in different ways;
      confusion; perplexity.

            That ye may attend upon the Lord without
            distraction.                          --1 Cor. vii.
                                                  3?.

   5. Confusion of affairs; tumult; disorder; as, political
      distractions.

            Never was known a night of such distraction.
                                                  --Dryden.

   6. Agitation from violent emotions; perturbation of mind;
      despair.

            The distraction of the children, who saw both their
            parents together, would have melted the hardest
            heart.                                --Tatler.

   7. Derangement of the mind; madness. --Atterbury.

   Syn: Perplexity; confusion; disturbance; disorder;
        dissension; tumult; derangement; madness; raving;
        franticness; furiousness.

資料來源 : WordNet®

distraction
     n 1: mental turmoil; "he drives me to distraction"
     2: an obstacle to attention
     3: an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and
        distracts you from worries and vexations [syn: {beguilement}]
     4: the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away
        from something; "conjurers are experts at misdirection"
        [syn: {misdirection}]