perturb
英 [pə'tɜːb]
美[pɚ'tɝb]
英英释意
- 1. disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed;
- "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"
- 2. disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom;
- "The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion"
- 3. cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull;
- "The orbits of these stars were perturbed by the passings of a comet"
- 4. throw into great confusion or disorder;
- "Fundamental Islamicists threaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt"