disturb <H* /di’st3:b; NAmE-'st3:rb/ verb
1
[VN] to interrupt sb when they are trying
to work,
sleep, etc. f: I’m sorry to disturb you,
but can I talk to you for
a moment?
"F, &)m? 0 If
you get up early, try not
to disturb everyone
else. in# ft
A
o 0 Do not disturb (= a sign placed on the outside of the door of
a hotel room, office, etc.) if t7ttt ( Sfett
J^i'C ) 0 She awoke early after a
disturbed night. fa&WLMT* 2 [VN] to
move sth or change its
position ff §L; # §L; id : Don’t disturb the papers on my desk. $l] #}
Tic W ^ n A W £f4#£l7c 3 to make sb worry ft
:
[VN] The letter shocked and disturbed me. S^ifg ft 3\ ftfsi Tfl X3c o O [VN to inf] It disturbed her to realize that she
was alone. MlciRfJ § All
disturbance /dTst3ibans;
NAmE -‘st3:rb-/
noun 1 [U, C, usuaPy sing.] actions
that make you stop what you are doing, or that upset the normal state that sth
is in; the act of disturbing sb/sth or the fact of being disturbed ( ) fftfc, Ttft, The
building work is creating
constant noise, dust and
disturbance. rfrjiil
i^Df, AXfflXlfco 0 a disturbance
in the usual pattern of events disturbance
of
the local wildlife by
tourists
2
[C] a situation in which people behave
violently in a
public place I; zbSL: serious disturbances in
the streets ± W A 16 0 He was charged with
causing a disturbance after
the game.
3
[U, C] a state in which sb’s mind or a
function of the body is upset and not working normally p^5§; Aii; MUL:
emotional disturbance dis turbed /di'st3:bd; NAmE-'st3:rbd/ adj. 1 mentally ill,
especially because of very unhappy or shocking experiences AJf XIE^W; a
special school for
emotionally disturbed children A f## o note at mental 2 unhappy and full of bad or
shocking experiences W;
M W; W: The killer had a disturbed
family background. ^AWXihztX —3 very anxious and unhappy about sth
>i> # F A: W; A M M SL W; MtSiW: I
was deeply disturbed and depressed by the news, ikff —compare undis
turbed
dis-turb-ing 0-w/di'st3:birj; NAmE-'st3:rb-/ adj. making you feel
anxious and upset or shocked tSW; ^AXf^W; 'jl&iS'tfiEW: a disturbing
piece of news — ► dis-turb-ing-ly adv.
dis unite /.disju'nait/ verb
[VN]
[usuaPy passive] (formal) to make a group of
people unable to agree with each other or work together f£ —; f£Ffn; a
disunited political party
dis unity /dis'juinati/ noun [u] (formal) a lack
of agreement between people 0; Xffl: disunity
within the Conservative
party • r»TT-3
UNITY
dis-use /dis'juis/ noun
[U] a situation in which sth is no longer being used X 41; ^ : The factory fell into
disuse twenty years ago.
WHICH WORD? Wmmft
distrust * mistrust
There is very little difference
between these two words, but distrust is
more common and perhaps slightly stronger. If you are sure that someone is
acting dishonestly or cannot be relied on, you are more likely to say that you distrust them. If you are expressing doubts and suspicions, on the other hand,
you would probably use mistrust. f!
distrust Hiiffi,
distrust, xf§ff®iA
mistrust0
dis used /,dis'ju:zd/ adj. [usuaPy before noun] no longer used X#j£4i
W; a disused station
— compare unused1
ditch /ditj7 noun, verb
m noun a long channel dug at
the side of a field or road, to hold or take away water /£|;
■
verb 1 [VN] (informal) to get rid of sth/sb because you no
longer want or need it/them Mis The
new road building
programme has been ditched. $r W 31 o He ditched his girlfriend.
ftfefEAH XinRITo 2 [VN,
V] if
a pilot ditches an aircraft, or if it ditches, it lands in the sea in an emergency {<£ ( HsU )
(4ft±)it»
ditch-water /'ditJwo:ta(r)/
noun [u] IETOI see
dull adj. dither /'dida(r)/ verb, noun
mverb [V] ~ (over sth) to hesitate about what
to do because you are unable to decide :
She
was dithering over what
to wear.
£f0
o Stop dithering and get on with it. #] #$)[;!&
7,
o
mnoun [sing.] (informal) 1 a state
of not being able to decide what you should do #£ M 7 3A; ^ : I’m in
a dither about who to invite. # >F
$|.± M 3i[
it it 0 2 a state of excitement or worry % fjfc; M
J&; t^SL: Don’t get yourself in a dither over everything. X
left A
ditran si tive /daTtraensativ; -'traenz-/ adj. (grammar il H) (of verbs
zft is]) used with two objects. In the sentence ‘I gave her the book’, for
example, the verb ‘give’ is ditransitive and ‘her’ and ‘the books’ are both
objects. Mm&J-, ( fsm ) K^i^W
ditsy = ditzy
ditto /'ditao;
NAmE -tou/ noun, adv. unoun (abbr. do.) (symb ") used,
especially in a list, underneath a particular word or phrase, to show that it
is repeated and to avoid having to write it again ( Affl
^m*)m±, iwjitu
madv. (informal) used
instead of a particular word or phrase, to avoid repeating it
IrJ#, tfe—■#: The waiters were rude
and unhelpful, the
manager ditto.
ditty /'diti/
noun (pi -ies) (often humorous) a
short simple song/F®; /J%iS3
ditzy (also
ditsy) /'ditsi/ adj. (informal, especially NAmE) (usually of a woman 31
# ft ~k '14) silly; not able to be trusted to remember things or to
think in an organized
way ft W; MEW; JgttAW; mm
di
► di
'14
W 033
nocturnal 2
(astronomy A)
taking one day j§| 0 W: the diurnal rotation of the earth
j&JjcWM! 0 Div. abbr. (in writing) division
( ) pPH;
!)1:
League Div. 1 (= in football/soccER) ^
( )
diva /'diiva/
noun a
famous woman singer, especially an opera
singer ^££#01^ ( )
Di va I
i = Diwali
divan/dTvaen; NAmE'daivaen/ noun 1 (also
di.van 'bed) (both BrE) a
bed with a thick base and a mattress Bifi
— picture o bed 2 a long
low soft seat without a back or arms ( dive /darv/ verb, noun
mverb (dived, dived, NAmE also dove /dauv; NAmE
douv/,
dived) [V]
4
JUMP INTO WATER JgR-jjC 1 - (from/off sth)
(into sth) |
~
(in) to jump into water
with your head and arms going in first ©bK ( AfflWW5feA7jt
) : We dived into the river to cool off. ftrfb—MIMS',
Jitft—To
5
UNDERWATER jc f 2 (usually go diving) to swim
underwater wearing breathing
equipment, collecting or looking at things ( M Bf VH ^ M
7X : to dive for pearls 7jco The
main purpose of his holiday to
if 7X0 —see also diving(2) 3 to go to a deeper level