transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪstɜ:(r)b ]
( disturbs, disturbing, disturbed)
1.
If you disturb someone, you interrupt what they are doing and upset them.
I hope I’m not disturbing you.
VERB : V n
2.
If something disturbs you, it makes you feel upset or worried.
I dream about him, dreams so vivid that they disturb me for days...
= perturb
VERB : V n
3.
If something is disturbed , its position or shape is changed.
He’d placed his notes in the brown envelope. They hadn’t been disturbed...
She patted Mona, taking care not to disturb her costume.
VERB : be V-ed , V n
4.
If something disturbs a situation or atmosphere, it spoils it or causes trouble.
What could possibly disturb such tranquility?
VERB : V n