English Dictionary

trouble

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈtɹʌb(ə)l/

動詞

古語 他動詞 自動詞 再帰形

(transitive, now rare) To disturb, stir up, agitate (a medium, especially water). / (transitive) To mentally distress; to cause (someone) to be anxious or perplexed.

日本語の意味

水などの流れをかき乱す / 人の心を悩ませ、困らせる

The old oarsman would trouble the pond each morning to wake the fish.

年配の漕ぎ手は毎朝、魚を起こすために池をかき乱していた。

意味（1）

(transitive, now rare) To disturb, stir up, agitate (a medium, especially water).

For an Angel went downe at a certaine season into the poole, and troubled the water:

意味（2）

(transitive) To mentally distress; to cause (someone) to be anxious or perplexed.

What she said about narcissism is troubling me.

意味（3）

(transitive) In weaker sense: to bother or inconvenience.

I will not trouble you to deliver the letter.

意味（4）

(reflexive or intransitive) To take pains to do something.

I won't trouble to post the letter today; I can do it tomorrow.

意味（5）

(intransitive) To worry; to be anxious.

Why trouble about the future? It is wholly uncertain.

troubles （ present singular third-person ）

troubling （ participle present ）

troubled （ participle past ）

troubled （ past ）