单词 | disturbance |
释义 | disturbancen. The action of disturbing or fact of being disturbed. 1. a. The interruption and breaking up of tranquillity, peace, rest, or settled condition; agitation (physical, social, or political). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun] winOE disturbance1297 perturbingc1395 motiona1398 stirrage1513 turmoil1526 disquietness1535 buskling1546 jumbling1562 agitation1569 working1575 tumult1580 commotion1592 emotion1594 turbulence1598 bransle1603 pother1603 tumultuousnessa1617 unevennessa1637 unquietudea1639 disquietal1642 tumbling1660 disquietude1709 rouse1764 maelstrom1834 peacelessness1852 stir-up1900 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 436 Þe erl Tebaude de Bleys..dystourbed þe peys, And þoru Kyng Henryes rede made destourbance. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. clxxxvi. 1083 Of suche destourbaunce and stryff and contrariousnesse comeþ strong bolynge, and dureþ forto þe hete haue maystry. 1467 Ord. Worcester in Eng. Gilds 388 Disturbaunce of the seid pease. 1576 A. Fleming tr. P. Manutius in Panoplie Epist. 334 That hee might live quietly in Rome: for..some there were that sought his disturbaunce. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 256 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors Such as tend to the disturbance of the publick peace. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 30 The Sea was..smooth, and no disturbance by wind to curl the waves, or to make it frothy. 1742 H. Walpole Let. 7 Jan. in Lett. to H. Mann (1833) I. 65 The..election passed without any disturbance. 1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect Introd. ii. 10 In most cases of bodily irritation we can assign the place or seat of the disturbance. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. vii. 49 The slightest disturbance was sufficient to bring them down. b. with a and plural: An instance of this; spec. a breach of public peace, a tumult, an uproar, an outbreak of disorder. atmospheric disturbance, a change in atmospheric conditions putting an end to calm weather. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] winOE torpelness?c1225 disturbance1297 workc1325 disturblingc1330 farec1330 frapec1330 disturbing1340 troublingc1340 blunderc1375 unresta1382 hurling1387 perturbationc1400 turbationc1400 rumblec1405 roara1413 rumourc1425 sturblance1435 troublec1435 stroublance1439 hurlc1440 hurly-burlyc1440 ruffling1440 stourc1440 rumblingc1450 sturbancec1450 unquietness?c1450 conturbationc1470 ruption1483 stir1487 wanrufe?a1505 rangat?a1513 business1514 turmoil1526 blommera1529 blunderinga1529 disturbation1529 bruyllie1535 garboil1543 bruslery1546 agitation1547 frayment1549 turmoiling1550 whirl1552 confusion1555 troublesomeness1561 rule1567 rummage1575 rabble1579 tumult1580 hurlement1585 rabblement1590 disturb1595 welter1596 coil1599 hurly1600 hurry1600 commotion1616 remotion1622 obturbation1623 stirrance1623 tumultuation1631 commoving1647 roiling1647 spudder1650 suffle1650 dissettlement1654 perturbancy1654 fermentationa1661 dissettledness1664 ferment1672 roil1690 hurry-scurry1753 vortex1761 rumpus1768 widdle1789 gilravagea1796 potheration1797 moil1824 festerment1833 burly1835 fidge1886 static1923 comess1944 frammis1946 bassa-bassa1956 society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > disorder or riot > [noun] > a disturbance or riot stormOE disturbance1297 disturblancec1330 riota1393 disturbation1529 ruffle1534 upstir1549 tumult1560 embroilment1609 hubbuba1625 embroil1636 ruction1809 uproaring1827 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 514 Tho bigan ther in this lond a newe destourbance. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Sturbo, sturbamento, a trouble, a vexation, a disturbance. 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xii. 34 And can speake of the Disturbances that Nature works, and of her cures. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 897 Innumerable Disturbances on Earth through Femal snares. View more context for this quotation 1846 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 II. iii. 98 With their apprehension the disturbances ceased. 1875 Chambers's Jrnl. cxxxiii. 8 Telegraphic intelligence of storms or atmospheric disturbances. 1880 Daily News 30 Oct. A disturbance will arrive on the North British and Norwegian Coasts..attended by..strong winds or gales, rain or snow. 2. Interruption of mental tranquillity or equanimity; mental agitation, excitement, discomposure. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > [noun] stirringc888 maleasea1300 uneasea1300 diseasec1330 perturbationa1382 unrestfulnessc1384 disturbancea1387 unroc1390 distroublancea1400 perturbancec1425 unquietnessc1460 inquietation1461 conturbationc1470 unheart's-ease1470 distroubling1487 wanease15.. inquietness?1504 unrufe1508 sturt1513 pertroublancea1522 inquieting1527 unquieting1548 turmoiling1550 unquiet1551 agitation?1555 storm1569 wanrest1570 discountenance1577 float1579 disquiet1581 brangling1584 diseasefulnessa1586 restlessness1597 hurry1600 disturbancy1603 disquietment1606 disordera1616 laruma1616 uneasinessa1616 diseasementa1617 discomposture1622 discomposition1624 whirr1628 discomposednessa1631 discomposure1632 pother1638 incomposedness1653 inquietude1658 uneasefulness1661 toss1666 disquietednessa1680 intranquillitya1699 disquietude1709 bosom-broil1742 discomfort1779 rufflement1806 feeze1825 uncomfortableness1828 discomforture1832 astasia1839 dysphoria1842 purr1842 peacelessness1852 palaver1899 perturbment1901 heebie-jeebies1923 wahala1966 agita1979 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 207 Pictagoras wiþ harpe and strenges cessede þe destourbaunce of wittes. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. v. 108 In the eyen is seen and knowen the distourbaunce and gladnesse of the soule. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Epimenides in Panoplie Epist. 204 To any ones disturbaunce and vexation. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 23 To allure the hearts of greedy men, to afford them disturbance. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 126. ⁋7 One whose reigning disturbance was the dread of house-breakers. 1858 J. Martineau Stud. Christianity 271 The dislike felt by the comfortable classes towards the trouble of thought and the disturbance of thought. 3. Interference with the regular or due course or continuance of any action or process; molestation. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > hindrance by interference disturbance1393 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 181 Envie..began to travaile In disturbaunce of this spousaile. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 7700 Saul souȝte dauid to quelle Often fel so þe chaunce was þere but goddes disturbaunce. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 3981 A saff condit..That he may com & pas without disturbaunce. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 43/2 This demeanoure attempted..agaynste the kinge..in the disturbaunce of hys Coronacion. 1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 102 To withstand his men from disturbance of his enterprise. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 262. ¶6 That he may let the Ship sail on without Disturbance. 1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. xx. 218 We are to follow the labour of Nature, but not her disturbance. 4. Law. (See quot. 1765-9.) ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > illegal seizure or wrongful occupation > prevention of lawful enjoyment of something disturbance1598 1292 Britton ii. xi. §7 Et ausi est home disseisi quel houre qe ly ou sa meyné soit destourbé de user sa peissible seisine par autre qi i cleyme fraunc tenement par teles destourbances.] 1598 in F. J. Furnivall Child-marriages, Divorces, & Ratifications Diocese Chester (1897) 164 He, the said Robert Fletcher, shall..enioie the same shop as tenant..without the lett or disturbans of the said John Allen, his executors, or Assignes. 1613 H. Finch Law (1636) 291 An assise which may bee either of his owne or his ancestors possession called an assise of darrein presentment is upon a disturbance when himselfe or his ancestor did last present. 1765–9 Blackstone (Mason) Disturbance is a wrong done to some incorporeal hereditament, by hindering or disquieting the owners in their regular, and lawful enjoyment of it. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 236 Disturbance of franchises happens, when a man has the franchise of holding a court-leet, of keeping a fair or market [etc.] and he is disturbed or incommoded in the lawful exercise thereof. 1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 188/2 Disturbance..There are five sorts of this injury, viz., disturbance of (1) franchise, (2) common, (3) ways, (4) tenure, and (5) patronage. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1297 |
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