Definition of distrait in English:

distrait

adjectiveFeminine distraiteˈdɪstreɪdɪˈstreɪdəˈstreɪ

predicative Distracted or absent-minded.
he seemed oddly distrait
Example sentencesExamples
- Set in Paris in 1928, Hastings's play focuses on Joyce's distrait daughter, Lucia.
- His manner was, I thought, a shade distrait, a little other worldly.
- She towers over most human beings (myself included) and there's a distrait quality about her eyes.
- But, as someone about to construct a bomb might appear distrait anyway, the judgment was difficult.
- He has always seemed somewhat distrait, but now he has the lost air of a man who has fallen from the heavens into an unknown world.
- Perhaps, patients about to undergo operations at the hands of distrait surgeons could be allowed to get their tattoos done on the NHS.
- Although her journey into madness is somewhat short-circuited, Rachel Pickup is also a frighteningly distrait Ophelia.
Synonyms
distracted, preoccupied, absorbed, engrossed, abstracted, distant, faraway
absent-minded, absent, forgetful, vague, inattentive, oblivious, heedless, in a brown study, wool-gathering, with one's head in the clouds, in a world of one's own
informal scatterbrained, miles away

Origin

Mid 18th century: French, from Old French destrait, past participle of destraire 'distract', from Latin distrahere 'pull apart' (see distract).

Definition of distrait in US English:

distrait

adjectivedəˈstrādəˈstreɪ

predicative Distracted or absentminded.
he seemed oddly distrait
Example sentencesExamples
- He has always seemed somewhat distrait, but now he has the lost air of a man who has fallen from the heavens into an unknown world.
- She towers over most human beings (myself included) and there's a distrait quality about her eyes.
- Perhaps, patients about to undergo operations at the hands of distrait surgeons could be allowed to get their tattoos done on the NHS.
- But, as someone about to construct a bomb might appear distrait anyway, the judgment was difficult.
- His manner was, I thought, a shade distrait, a little other worldly.
- Although her journey into madness is somewhat short-circuited, Rachel Pickup is also a frighteningly distrait Ophelia.
- Set in Paris in 1928, Hastings's play focuses on Joyce's distrait daughter, Lucia.
Synonyms
distracted, preoccupied, absorbed, engrossed, abstracted, distant, faraway

Origin

Mid 18th century: French, from Old French destrait, past participle of destraire ‘distract’, from Latin distrahere ‘pull apart’ (see distract).

单词	distrait
释义	Definition of distrait in English: distrait adjectiveFeminine distraiteˈdɪstreɪdɪˈstreɪdəˈstreɪ predicative Distracted or absent-minded. he seemed oddly distrait Example sentencesExamples Set in Paris in 1928, Hastings's play focuses on Joyce's distrait daughter, Lucia. His manner was, I thought, a shade distrait, a little other worldly. She towers over most human beings (myself included) and there's a distrait quality about her eyes. But, as someone about to construct a bomb might appear distrait anyway, the judgment was difficult. He has always seemed somewhat distrait, but now he has the lost air of a man who has fallen from the heavens into an unknown world. Perhaps, patients about to undergo operations at the hands of distrait surgeons could be allowed to get their tattoos done on the NHS. Although her journey into madness is somewhat short-circuited, Rachel Pickup is also a frighteningly distrait Ophelia. Synonyms distracted, preoccupied, absorbed, engrossed, abstracted, distant, faraway absent-minded, absent, forgetful, vague, inattentive, oblivious, heedless, in a brown study, wool-gathering, with one's head in the clouds, in a world of one's own informal scatterbrained, miles away Origin Mid 18th century: French, from Old French destrait, past participle of destraire 'distract', from Latin distrahere 'pull apart' (see distract). Definition of distrait in US English: distrait adjectivedəˈstrādəˈstreɪ predicative Distracted or absentminded. he seemed oddly distrait Example sentencesExamples He has always seemed somewhat distrait, but now he has the lost air of a man who has fallen from the heavens into an unknown world. She towers over most human beings (myself included) and there's a distrait quality about her eyes. Perhaps, patients about to undergo operations at the hands of distrait surgeons could be allowed to get their tattoos done on the NHS. But, as someone about to construct a bomb might appear distrait anyway, the judgment was difficult. His manner was, I thought, a shade distrait, a little other worldly. Although her journey into madness is somewhat short-circuited, Rachel Pickup is also a frighteningly distrait Ophelia. Set in Paris in 1928, Hastings's play focuses on Joyce's distrait daughter, Lucia. Synonyms distracted, preoccupied, absorbed, engrossed, abstracted, distant, faraway Origin Mid 18th century: French, from Old French destrait, past participle of destraire ‘distract’, from Latin distrahere ‘pull apart’ (see distract).
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