資料來源 : pyDict

使轉移,使改道;使消遣;挪用,盜用

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

Divert \Di*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Diverted}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Diverting}.] [F. divertir, fr. L. divertere, diversum, to
   go different ways, turn aside; di- = dis- + vertere to turn.
   See {Verse}, and cf. {Divorce}.]
   1. To turn aside; to turn off from any course or intended
      application; to deflect; as, to divert a river from its
      channel; to divert commerce from its usual course.

            That crude apple that diverted Eve.   --Milton.

   2. To turn away from any occupation, business, or study; to
      cause to have lively and agreeable sensations; to amuse;
      to entertain; as, children are diverted with sports; men
      are diverted with works of wit and humor.

            We are amused by a tale, diverted by a comedy. --C.
                                                  J. Smith.

   Syn: To please; gratify; amuse; entertain; exhilarate;
        delight; recreate. See {Amuse}.

Divert \Di*vert"\, v. i.
   To turn aside; to digress. [Obs.]

         I diverted to see one of the prince's palaces.
                                                  --Evelyn.

資料來源 : WordNet®

divert
     v 1: turn aside; turn away from [syn: {deviate}]
     2: send on a course or in a direction different from the
        planned or intended one
     3: occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion;
        "The play amused the ladies" [syn: {amuse}, {disport}]
     4: withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often
        secretly and with dishonest intentions [syn: {hive off}]