a. 烦恼的, 心烦意乱的, 发狂的

[ adj ]
deeply agitated especially from emotion
<adj.all>
distraught with grief

Distract \Dis*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Distracted}, old p.
p. {Distraught}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Distracting}.]
1. To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin.

A city . . . distracted from itself. --Fuller.

2. To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different
directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the
eye; to distract the attention.

Mixed metaphors . . . distract the imagination.
--Goldsmith.

3. To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of
motives or of cares; to confound; to harass.

Horror and doubt distract
His troubled thoughts. --Milton.

4. To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to
madden; -- most frequently used in the participle,
distracted.

A poor mad soul; . . . poverty hath distracted her.
--Shak.


Distraught \Dis*traught"\, p. p. & a. [OE. distract, distrauht.
See {Distract}, a.]
1. Torn asunder; separated. [Obs.] ``His greedy throat . . .
distraught.'' --Spenser.

2. Distracted; perplexed. ``Distraught twixt fear and pity.''
--Spenser.

As if thou wert distraught and mad with terror.
--Shak.

To doubt betwixt our senses and our souls
Which are the most distraught and full of pain.
--Mrs.
Browning.