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Past Participle Distraught Alteration Englishing Earlier Association Forms

正面 12209.distraught
英 [dɪ'strɔːt]美 [dɪ'strɔt]

背面
释义:
adj. 发狂的;心烦意乱的
例句:
1. I was distraught and let out a bellow of tearful rage.我心烦意乱,流着眼泪发了一通火。

1. alteration (Englishing) of earlier distract.2. (perhaps by association with other past participle forms in -ght, such as caught, bought, brought).3. distract => distraught.
distraught 发狂的来自distract, 分心。-ght,拼写模仿caught. 即分心的,发狂的。
distraughtdistraught: see straightdistraught (adj.)late 14c., alteration (Englishing) of earlier distract (perhaps by association with other past participle forms in -ght, such as caught, bought, brought), mid-14c., past participle of distracten "derange the intellect of, drive mad" (see distract)."

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