distraction
US: /dɪˈstɹækʃən/
UK: /dɪstɹˈækʃən/
UK: /dɪstɹˈækʃən/
English Vietnamese dictionary
distraction /dis'trækʃn/
- danh từ
- sự làm sao lãng, sự làm lãng đi, sự làm đứt quãng (mạch tư tưởng, công việc đang làm...); sự lãng trí, sự đãng trí; điều xao lãng
- sự giải trí, sự tiêu khiển; trò giải trí, trò tiêu khiển
- sự bối rối, sự rối trí
- sự điên cuồng, sự mất trí, sự quẫn trí
- to love to distraction: yêu điên cuồng
- to be driven to distraction: phát điên, hoá cuồng
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [C, U] a thing that takes your attention away from what you are doing or thinking about: I find it hard to work at home because there are too many distractions. + cinema audiences looking for distraction
2 [C] an activity that amuses or entertains you
Idioms: to distraction so that you become upset, excited, or angry and not able to think clearly: The children are driving me to distraction today. + She was alone in the house all day and bored to distraction.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 bewilderment, befuddlement, disorder, disturbance, upset, confusion, agitation:
The princess loves you to distraction.
2 diversion, entertainment, amusement:
I was never really interested in him, he was merely a temporary distraction.
Collocation dictionary
1 sth that takes your attention away
ADJ.
unwanted | welcome
PREP.
without ~
She worked hard all morning, without distraction.
| ~ from
Work was a welcome distraction from her problems at home.
2 being unable to think clearly
VERB + DISTRACTION
drive sb to
My kids drive me to distraction at times.
| be bored to | love sb to
Concise English dictionary
distractionsdɪ'strækʃn
noun
+mental turmoil
+an obstacle to attention
+an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations
+the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something
