sidetrack

英 ['saɪdtræk] 美 ['saɪdtræk]

• v. 使降至次要地位；缓议；转换话题
• n. 使变换话题；驶入侧线

英英释义

Noun:

1. a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass

Verb:

1. wander from a direct or straight course

经典引文

• The mail had been sidetracked. We had no idea what was happenin' in the world outside.

  出自： S. Terkel

• Lab work had sidetracked him and he had never managed to get to bed.

  出自： M. Bishop

近反义词

【近义词】

• distract 分散
• deflect 使偏斜
• divert 转移
• change the subject 改变话题
• lose the thread 抓不住论点, 失去头绪...
• pervert 误用
• straggle 分散
• siding 壁板
• digress 走向岔道
• turnout 到场人数
• depart 离开
• railroad siding 铁路侧线