† distraitn.

Etymology: later form of destrait, destrayt n., Old French destreit, modern French détroit < Latin districtum.

Obsolete.

a. A narrow passage (of land or water); an isthmus or strait.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > channel > [noun] > strait or narrow channel

sounda1300

straitc1386

narrowa1544

kyle1549

guta1552

distrait1562

fret1576

pacea1578

cut1598

narrow seas1615

Propontis1689

neck1719

tickle1770

rigolet1771

khal1903

the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > promontory, headland, or cape > [noun] > isthmus

halse1488

necka1544

balka1552

isthmus1555

distrait1562

strait1562

strictland1577

land-passage1601

land-strait1601

isthm1609

land-neck1619

land-connection1876

thoroughfare1876

land-bridge1897

tombolo1897

1562 J. Shute tr. A. Cambini in Two Comm. Turcks i. f. 7^v If this distraite of y^e land were cut through, Peloponesso shold be an [printed &] Isle.

b. A strait or difficult situation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things > predicament or straits

needfulnessc1350

kankedortc1374

pressc1375

needfultya1382

briguec1400

brikec1400

plightc1400

taking?c1425

partyc1440

distrait1477

brakea1529

hot water1537

strait1544

extremes1547

pickle1562

praemunire1595

lock1598

angustiae1653

difficulty1667

scrape1709

premune1758

hole1760

Queer Street1811

warm water1813

strift1815

fix1816

plisky1818

snapper1818

amplush1827

false position1830

bind1851

jackpot1887

tight1896

squeeze1905

jam1914

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 58 I had leuer to receyue and passe the distrait of deth.

c. A district.

ΚΠ

1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xiv. vi [The winds] remysed us in to the cruel dystraytis of Eolus.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

distraitadj.

Etymology: < French distrait (in 16th cent. also distraict ), past participle of distraire to distract v. The form distrat appears to connect this with distract n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: diˈstrait.

†1. Distracted in mind; excessively perplexed or troubled. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [adjective]

yblenta1225

amazed?c1225

wory?c1225

mingedc1275

willc1300

distracta1340

confounded1362

confuse1362

distraitc1374

whapedc1374

wilsomea1375

poseletc1390

distraught1393

perplexa1425

wildc1440

wiltc1440

dodemusydc1450

mistedc1450

unclearc1475

mazed1493

perplexeda1500

traversablea1500

mazyc1525

entangled1561

muddy?1571

distraughted1572

moidered1587

wondering1592

puzzled1598

plundered1601

distracted1604

uncollected1613

wildered1642

turbid1647

tosticated1650

fuddled1656

pixie-led1659

puzzling1692

bumbazed1720

maffled1820

obfuscated1822

confused1825

muddly1829

mystified1833

maze1842

obfusticatedc1844

head-scratching1849

clueless1862

flustery1862

befogged1868

deurmekaar1871

mosy1887

skewgee1890

buggered-up1893

confusticated1898

smock-ravelled1904

messed-up1913

screwed-up1943

hung up1945

lost1967

gravelled-

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iii. pr. viii. 80 Þou shalt ben so destrat by aspre þinges þat þou shalt forgone sykernesse.

1440 J. Shirley Cron. Dethe James Stewarde (1818) 17 The other ladyes..cryyng and wepyng, all distraite made a pitous and lamentable noyse.

c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi ii. i So muche is a man lette and distraite, as þinges are drawen to him.

2. Having the attention distracted from what is present; absent-minded. [ < modern French, and usually treated as an alien word /distrɛ/,

/diːˈstreɪ/with French feminine distraite /distrɛt/,

/diːˈstreɪt/.]

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > lack of concentration, distraction > [adjective] > distracted

distract1435

bestraughta1547

amused1579

bestract1581

distracteda1634

bestraughteda1650

distrait1748

dissipated1749

1711 E. Budgell Spectator No. 77. ⁋ 1 One of those Sort of Men who are very often absent in Conversation, and what the French call a reveur and a distrait.]

1748 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 12 Oct. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1243 I took care never to be absent or distrait.

1771 E. Griffith Hist. Lady Barton I. 72 He..sometimes appears gloomy and distrait.

a1797 H. Walpole Walpoliana (1799) I. clvi. 130 Oh, madam (exclaimed the distrait prelate), he had such a brimstone of a wife!

1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XVI xxx. 76 So much distrait he was, that all could see That something was the matter.

1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xxviii. 269 She was very distraite.

1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago III. viii. 265 She..tried to make her talk: but she was distrait, reserved.

1883 E. Ingersoll in Harper's Mag. Feb. 431/2 This knowledge..kept her distrait.

†3. as past participle. Torn to pieces, divided. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. June 25 Gloss. All Italy was distraict into..Factions.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	distrait
释义	† distraitn. Etymology: later form of destrait, destrayt n., Old French destreit, modern French détroit < Latin districtum. Obsolete. a. A narrow passage (of land or water); an isthmus or strait. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > channel > [noun] > strait or narrow channel sounda1300 straitc1386 narrowa1544 kyle1549 guta1552 distrait1562 fret1576 pacea1578 cut1598 narrow seas1615 Propontis1689 neck1719 tickle1770 rigolet1771 khal1903 the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > promontory, headland, or cape > [noun] > isthmus halse1488 necka1544 balka1552 isthmus1555 distrait1562 strait1562 strictland1577 land-passage1601 land-strait1601 isthm1609 land-neck1619 land-connection1876 thoroughfare1876 land-bridge1897 tombolo1897 1562 J. Shute tr. A. Cambini in Two Comm. Turcks i. f. 7^v If this distraite of y^e land were cut through, Peloponesso shold be an [printed &] Isle. b. A strait or difficult situation. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things > predicament or straits needfulnessc1350 kankedortc1374 pressc1375 needfultya1382 briguec1400 brikec1400 plightc1400 taking?c1425 partyc1440 distrait1477 brakea1529 hot water1537 strait1544 extremes1547 pickle1562 praemunire1595 lock1598 angustiae1653 difficulty1667 scrape1709 premune1758 hole1760 Queer Street1811 warm water1813 strift1815 fix1816 plisky1818 snapper1818 amplush1827 false position1830 bind1851 jackpot1887 tight1896 squeeze1905 jam1914 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 58 I had leuer to receyue and passe the distrait of deth. c. A district. ΚΠ 1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xiv. vi [The winds] remysed us in to the cruel dystraytis of Eolus. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021). distraitadj. Etymology: < French distrait (in 16th cent. also distraict ), past participle of distraire to distract v. The form distrat appears to connect this with distract n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: diˈstrait. †1. Distracted in mind; excessively perplexed or troubled. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [adjective] yblenta1225 amazed?c1225 wory?c1225 mingedc1275 willc1300 distracta1340 confounded1362 confuse1362 distraitc1374 whapedc1374 wilsomea1375 poseletc1390 distraught1393 perplexa1425 wildc1440 wiltc1440 dodemusydc1450 mistedc1450 unclearc1475 mazed1493 perplexeda1500 traversablea1500 mazyc1525 entangled1561 muddy?1571 distraughted1572 moidered1587 wondering1592 puzzled1598 plundered1601 distracted1604 uncollected1613 wildered1642 turbid1647 tosticated1650 fuddled1656 pixie-led1659 puzzling1692 bumbazed1720 maffled1820 obfuscated1822 confused1825 muddly1829 mystified1833 maze1842 obfusticatedc1844 head-scratching1849 clueless1862 flustery1862 befogged1868 deurmekaar1871 mosy1887 skewgee1890 buggered-up1893 confusticated1898 smock-ravelled1904 messed-up1913 screwed-up1943 hung up1945 lost1967 gravelled- c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iii. pr. viii. 80 Þou shalt ben so destrat by aspre þinges þat þou shalt forgone sykernesse. 1440 J. Shirley Cron. Dethe James Stewarde (1818) 17 The other ladyes..cryyng and wepyng, all distraite made a pitous and lamentable noyse. c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi ii. i So muche is a man lette and distraite, as þinges are drawen to him. 2. Having the attention distracted from what is present; absent-minded. [ < modern French, and usually treated as an alien word /distrɛ/, /diːˈstreɪ/with French feminine distraite /distrɛt/, /diːˈstreɪt/.] ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > lack of concentration, distraction > [adjective] > distracted distract1435 bestraughta1547 amused1579 bestract1581 distracteda1634 bestraughteda1650 distrait1748 dissipated1749 1711 E. Budgell Spectator No. 77. ⁋ 1 One of those Sort of Men who are very often absent in Conversation, and what the French call a reveur and a distrait.] 1748 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 12 Oct. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1243 I took care never to be absent or distrait. 1771 E. Griffith Hist. Lady Barton I. 72 He..sometimes appears gloomy and distrait. a1797 H. Walpole Walpoliana (1799) I. clvi. 130 Oh, madam (exclaimed the distrait prelate), he had such a brimstone of a wife! 1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XVI xxx. 76 So much distrait he was, that all could see That something was the matter. 1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xxviii. 269 She was very distraite. 1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago III. viii. 265 She..tried to make her talk: but she was distrait, reserved. 1883 E. Ingersoll in Harper's Mag. Feb. 431/2 This knowledge..kept her distrait. †3. as past participle. Torn to pieces, divided. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. June 25 Gloss. All Italy was distraict into..Factions. 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