disturbance

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /dɪˈstɜː.bəns/|[dɪˈstɜːbn̩s]    美 /dɪˈstɜː.bəns/|[dɪˈstɜːbn̩s]|/dɪˈstɜɹ.bəns/|[dɪˈstɝbn̩s]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of disturbing, being disturbed. countable,uncountable
  2. Something that disturbs. countable,uncountable
    — That guy causes a lot of trouble, you know, he’s such a disturbance.
  3. A noisy commotion that causes a hubbub or interruption. countable,uncountable
  4. An interruption of that which is normal or regular. countable,uncountable
    — Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.
  5. A serious mental imbalance or illness. countable,uncountable

词形变化

disturbances plural disturbaunce alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

反义词
calmness rumpus
衍生词
antidisturbance disturbance regime emotional disturbance indisturbance ipseity disturbance mental disturbance nondisturbance predisturbance redisturbance undisturbance

词源

From Middle English disturbaunce, from Old French destorbance, destourbance, from destourber (“disturb”), from Latin disturbō. By surface analysis, disturb + -ance.
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