diversionn.

Brit.

/dʌɪˈvəːʃn/,

/dᵻˈvəːʃn/,

/dʌɪˈvəːʒn/,

/dᵻˈvəːʒn/, U.S.

/dəˈvərʒən/,

/daɪˈvərʒən/,

/dəˈvərʃən/,

/daɪˈvərʃən/

Etymology: < medieval Latin dīversiō (vox Medicorum: Du Cange), noun of action < Latin dīvertĕre to divert v. Compare French diversion, in medical use in 13–14th cent. (Littré), in military and other uses in 16th cent., perhaps the immediate source of the English, but not in Cotgrave 1611.

a. literal. The turning aside (of anything) from its due or ordinary course or direction; a turning aside of one's course; deviation, deflection.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [noun] > (a) deviation from straight course

blenching1398

turna1400

misdrawing?a1425

swerving1545

digression1552

sklenting1568

excursion1603

diverting1611

diversion1626

deflection1646

deflexure1656

prevarication1672

deviation1675

evagation1692

departurea1694

swerve1736

twist1798

out-throw1855

throw1858

turnaway1922

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §414 In Retention of the Sap for a time, and Diversion of it to the Sprouts.

1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 65 This Diversion is somewhat out of our way to Jamaica.

1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) II. i. 2 A diversion of the Rhone..would..have been of incalculable benefit.

1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe (1894) x. 245 I made a diversion towards the valley.

1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 180 Fearing the diversion of trade.

1883 Nature 8 Mar. 437 Due to its diversion into some other than the usual channel.

†b. Medicine. A turning away of the course of the humours by means of medicinal applications. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments removing or dispersing matter > [noun] > dispersing, etc., of humours or morbid matter

resolvinga1398

attractiona1400

resolutiona1400

repercussion?a1425

eduction?c1425

discussion1583

repulsion1583

epicrasis1592

derivation1600

expurgation1615

attractation1616

incision1626

diversion1656

dispersion1753

1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 17 To use diversion, evacuation, and strengthening.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Diversion, in Medicine, is the turning of the Course, or Flux of Humours from one Part to another, by proper Applications.

c. An alternative route bypassing a road that is temporarily closed.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > [noun] > alternative bypassing closed road

runaround1889

diversion1955

1955 Times 29 Aug. 5/1 One of the hazards for the motorist is finding a way round the many places where the road is up with the aid of, sometimes in spite of, what has become almost a Viennese institution—the Umleitung or diversion.

1958 ‘A. Gilbert’ Death against Clock xii. 167 When you put up your road blocks, then I have to take the diversion.

2. transferred and figurative.

a. The turning aside (of any person or thing) from a settled or particular course of action, an object, or the like.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > turning aside from a course of action > causing

diversion1600

diverting1611

sidetrack1861

sidetracking1872

1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 10 Turning all his resolutions upon Affrick..But this diversion whereunto they perswaded the King, was cause of great ruines.

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 244 A Diversion, a Deviation, a Deflection..from this Rectitude, this Uprightnesse.

1797 E. Burke Lett. Peace Regic. France iii, in Wks. (1815) VIII. 343 If the war has been diverted from the great object..this diversion was made to encrease the naval resources and power of Great Britain.

†b. A turning aside from the business in hand, or from one's regular occupation; avocation. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > auxiliary or minor work

by-work1587

parergon1607

divertment1613

by-employmenta1617

diversion1637

by-service1639

avocation1642

by-business1653

by-job1773

evocation1810

sideline1886

1637 W. Laud Wks. (1857) VI. 37 Considering my many diversions and the little time I could snatch from other employment.

1662 J. Lightfoot in H. Broughton Wks. Pref. sig. a^v When Diversions did not withdraw him, he spent..sixteen hours of..every day at his book.

1675 A. Marvell Let. 27 May in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 159 The Lords haue agreed for..another Conference..these and other diversions withold them from proceeding in their Committee of their Test.

c. A turning aside or diverting of the attention.

ΘΚΠ

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

distractingc1440

avocationa1617

avokement1637

amusement1658

diversion1667

dissipation1733

evocation1770

misdirection1897

1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety ii. 27 An artifice of diversion, a sprout of that first fig-tree which was to hide the nakedness of lapsed Adam.

1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France i. 82 The..diversion..was the suggestion of a treaty proposed by the enemy.

1814 W. Scott Waverley I. iv. 47 Charging them to make good with their lives an hour's diversion, that the king might have that space for escape.

3. Military. A manœuvre to draw off the enemy's attention from the operation on which they are engaged, by a movement or attack in an unexpected quarter.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military operations > [noun] > distraction of enemy's attention

diversion1656

1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. ii. vii. 44 The Prince..bethought himself..of sending his brother to Venlo, so to make a powerfull diversion.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 113 The Forces..which were raised to make a diversion in Scotland.

1801 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) I. 299 My determination is to make the most powerful diversion which may be practicable on the coasts of the Red Sea.

a. spec. The turning away of the thoughts, attention, etc., from fatiguing or sad occupations, with implication of pleasurable excitement; distraction, recreation, amusement, entertainment.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > [noun]

gleea700

playeOE

gameeOE

lakec1175

skentingc1175

wil-gomenc1275

solacec1290

deduit1297

envesurec1300

playingc1300

disport1303

spilea1325

laking1340

solacingc1384

bourdc1390

mazec1390

welfarea1400

recreationc1400

solancec1400

sporta1425

sportancea1450

sportingc1475

deport1477

recreancea1500

shurting15..

ebate?1518

recreating1538

abatementc1550

pleasuring1556

comfortmenta1558

disporting1561

pastiming1574

riec1576

joyance1595

spleen1598

merriment1600

amusement1603

amusing1603

entertainment1612

spleena1616

divertisement1651

diversion1653

disportment1660

sporting of nature1666

fun1726

délassement1804

gammock1841

pleasurement1843

dallying1889

rec1922

good, clean fun1923

cracka1966

looning1966

shoppertainment1993

1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xliv. 174 My long indisposition..hath great need of some diversion.

1671 Lady M. Bertie in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 22 I..am glad you had so good diversion in drawing valentine.

1706 R. Estcourt Fair Example ii. ii Will you allow her no Diversion?

1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 89. ⁋4 Diversion, which is a kind of forgetting our selves, is but a mean Way of Entertainment.

1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. xvii. 333 All were finding employment in consultations..or diversion in the playful conceits they suggested.

b. with a and plural. An amusement, entertainment, sport, pastime.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > [noun]

playeOE

gameeOE

disportc1380

sportc1443

museryc1450

pastime?1473

gaud1587

playgame1596

exercise1622

amusement1632

evagation1638

retirement1641

divertisement1642

diversiona1684

ploya1689

lounge1788

divertissement1804

happening1959

letterboxing1977

timepass1982

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1648 (1955) II. 539 I saw a Tragie Comedie acted in the Cock-pit, after there had ben none of these diversions for many Yeares during the Warr.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 81 If wild and uncouth Places will be a Diversion to you, I promise myself your Curiosity shall be fully gratify'd.

1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons I. i. i. 3 Open spaces for the popular games and diversions.

1875 J. C. Curtis Elem. Hist. Eng. 154 Among the in-door diversions were draughts, chess, etc.

Thesaurus »

Categories »

†5. Diverse condition, diverseness. Obsolete. rare.

Compounds

C1. diversion-monger.

ΚΠ

1744 E. Haywood Female Spectator (1748) I. 212 Our diversion-mongers .. every day contriving new entertainments.

C2.

diversion-cut n. a channel made to divert impure water past a reservoir.

ΚΠ

a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. Diversion-cut, a channel to divert past a reservoir a stream of impure or turbid water which would otherwise flow into the reservoir. A by-wash.

diversion weir n. a weir erected to divert water from a river to the head of an irrigating canal.

ΚΠ

1893 H. M. Wilson in 14th Ann. Rep. U.S. Geol. Surv. 1891–2: Pt. 3 231 One of the latest..diversion weirs constructed in this country is that built at the head of the Turlock and Modesto canals.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	diversion
释义	diversionn. Brit. /dʌɪˈvəːʃn/, /dᵻˈvəːʃn/, /dʌɪˈvəːʒn/, /dᵻˈvəːʒn/, U.S. /dəˈvərʒən/, /daɪˈvərʒən/, /dəˈvərʃən/, /daɪˈvərʃən/ Etymology: < medieval Latin dīversiō (vox Medicorum: Du Cange), noun of action < Latin dīvertĕre to divert v. Compare French diversion, in medical use in 13–14th cent. (Littré), in military and other uses in 16th cent., perhaps the immediate source of the English, but not in Cotgrave 1611. 1. a. literal. The turning aside (of anything) from its due or ordinary course or direction; a turning aside of one's course; deviation, deflection. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [noun] > (a) deviation from straight course blenching1398 turna1400 misdrawing?a1425 swerving1545 digression1552 sklenting1568 excursion1603 diverting1611 diversion1626 deflection1646 deflexure1656 prevarication1672 deviation1675 evagation1692 departurea1694 swerve1736 twist1798 out-throw1855 throw1858 turnaway1922 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §414 In Retention of the Sap for a time, and Diversion of it to the Sprouts. 1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 65 This Diversion is somewhat out of our way to Jamaica. 1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) II. i. 2 A diversion of the Rhone..would..have been of incalculable benefit. 1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe (1894) x. 245 I made a diversion towards the valley. 1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 180 Fearing the diversion of trade. 1883 Nature 8 Mar. 437 Due to its diversion into some other than the usual channel. †b. Medicine. A turning away of the course of the humours by means of medicinal applications. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments removing or dispersing matter > [noun] > dispersing, etc., of humours or morbid matter resolvinga1398 attractiona1400 resolutiona1400 repercussion?a1425 eduction?c1425 discussion1583 repulsion1583 epicrasis1592 derivation1600 expurgation1615 attractation1616 incision1626 diversion1656 dispersion1753 1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 17 To use diversion, evacuation, and strengthening. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Diversion, in Medicine, is the turning of the Course, or Flux of Humours from one Part to another, by proper Applications. c. An alternative route bypassing a road that is temporarily closed. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > [noun] > alternative bypassing closed road runaround1889 diversion1955 1955 Times 29 Aug. 5/1 One of the hazards for the motorist is finding a way round the many places where the road is up with the aid of, sometimes in spite of, what has become almost a Viennese institution—the Umleitung or diversion. 1958 ‘A. Gilbert’ Death against Clock xii. 167 When you put up your road blocks, then I have to take the diversion. 2. transferred and figurative. a. The turning aside (of any person or thing) from a settled or particular course of action, an object, or the like. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > turning aside from a course of action > causing diversion1600 diverting1611 sidetrack1861 sidetracking1872 1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 10 Turning all his resolutions upon Affrick..But this diversion whereunto they perswaded the King, was cause of great ruines. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 244 A Diversion, a Deviation, a Deflection..from this Rectitude, this Uprightnesse. 1797 E. Burke Lett. Peace Regic. France iii, in Wks. (1815) VIII. 343 If the war has been diverted from the great object..this diversion was made to encrease the naval resources and power of Great Britain. †b. A turning aside from the business in hand, or from one's regular occupation; avocation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > auxiliary or minor work by-work1587 parergon1607 divertment1613 by-employmenta1617 diversion1637 by-service1639 avocation1642 by-business1653 by-job1773 evocation1810 sideline1886 1637 W. Laud Wks. (1857) VI. 37 Considering my many diversions and the little time I could snatch from other employment. 1662 J. Lightfoot in H. Broughton Wks. Pref. sig. a^v When Diversions did not withdraw him, he spent..sixteen hours of..every day at his book. 1675 A. Marvell Let. 27 May in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 159 The Lords haue agreed for..another Conference..these and other diversions withold them from proceeding in their Committee of their Test. c. A turning aside or diverting of the attention. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > lack of concentration, distraction > [noun] > causing distractingc1440 avocationa1617 avokement1637 amusement1658 diversion1667 dissipation1733 evocation1770 misdirection1897 1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety ii. 27 An artifice of diversion, a sprout of that first fig-tree which was to hide the nakedness of lapsed Adam. 1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France i. 82 The..diversion..was the suggestion of a treaty proposed by the enemy. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. iv. 47 Charging them to make good with their lives an hour's diversion, that the king might have that space for escape. View more context for this quotation 3. Military. A manœuvre to draw off the enemy's attention from the operation on which they are engaged, by a movement or attack in an unexpected quarter. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > [noun] > distraction of enemy's attention diversion1656 1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. ii. vii. 44 The Prince..bethought himself..of sending his brother to Venlo, so to make a powerfull diversion. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 113 The Forces..which were raised to make a diversion in Scotland. 1801 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) I. 299 My determination is to make the most powerful diversion which may be practicable on the coasts of the Red Sea. 4. a. spec. The turning away of the thoughts, attention, etc., from fatiguing or sad occupations, with implication of pleasurable excitement; distraction, recreation, amusement, entertainment. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] gleea700 playeOE gameeOE lakec1175 skentingc1175 wil-gomenc1275 solacec1290 deduit1297 envesurec1300 playingc1300 disport1303 spilea1325 laking1340 solacingc1384 bourdc1390 mazec1390 welfarea1400 recreationc1400 solancec1400 sporta1425 sportancea1450 sportingc1475 deport1477 recreancea1500 shurting15.. ebate?1518 recreating1538 abatementc1550 pleasuring1556 comfortmenta1558 disporting1561 pastiming1574 riec1576 joyance1595 spleen1598 merriment1600 amusement1603 amusing1603 entertainment1612 spleena1616 divertisement1651 diversion1653 disportment1660 sporting of nature1666 fun1726 délassement1804 gammock1841 pleasurement1843 dallying1889 rec1922 good, clean fun1923 cracka1966 looning1966 shoppertainment1993 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xliv. 174 My long indisposition..hath great need of some diversion. 1671 Lady M. Bertie in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 22 I..am glad you had so good diversion in drawing valentine. 1706 R. Estcourt Fair Example ii. ii Will you allow her no Diversion? 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 89. ⁋4 Diversion, which is a kind of forgetting our selves, is but a mean Way of Entertainment. 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. xvii. 333 All were finding employment in consultations..or diversion in the playful conceits they suggested. View more context for this quotation b. with a and plural. An amusement, entertainment, sport, pastime. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > [noun] playeOE gameeOE disportc1380 sportc1443 museryc1450 pastime?1473 gaud1587 playgame1596 exercise1622 amusement1632 evagation1638 retirement1641 divertisement1642 diversiona1684 ploya1689 lounge1788 divertissement1804 happening1959 letterboxing1977 timepass1982 a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1648 (1955) II. 539 I saw a Tragie Comedie acted in the Cock-pit, after there had ben none of these diversions for many Yeares during the Warr. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 81 If wild and uncouth Places will be a Diversion to you, I promise myself your Curiosity shall be fully gratify'd. 1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons I. i. i. 3 Open spaces for the popular games and diversions. 1875 J. C. Curtis Elem. Hist. Eng. 154 Among the in-door diversions were draughts, chess, etc. Thesaurus » Categories » †5. Diverse condition, diverseness. Obsolete. rare. Compounds C1. diversion-monger. ΚΠ 1744 E. Haywood Female Spectator (1748) I. 212 Our diversion-mongers .. every day contriving new entertainments. C2. diversion-cut n. a channel made to divert impure water past a reservoir. ΚΠ a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. Diversion-cut, a channel to divert past a reservoir a stream of impure or turbid water which would otherwise flow into the reservoir. A by-wash. diversion weir n. a weir erected to divert water from a river to the head of an irrigating canal. ΚΠ 1893 H. M. Wilson in 14th Ann. Rep. U.S. Geol. Surv. 1891–2: Pt. 3 231 One of the latest..diversion weirs constructed in this country is that built at the head of the Turlock and Modesto canals. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1600
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