🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

打扰

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dǎrǎo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Disturb/dɪˈstɜːrb/
verbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #800 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"噪音可能会打扰你的注意力。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To interfere with the normal arrangement or functioning of something.

    "Loud noises can disturb your concentration while studying."
  2. 2

    To cause someone to feel anxious or upset.

    "The news of the accident disturbed her greatly."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'disturb' originates from the Latin 'disturbare', which means 'to throw into disorder'. It evolved through Old French before entering Middle English, where it retained the sense of causing disorder or interruption.

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