วอกแวก(wôk wâek)
Meanings
1AdjectiveB1
distracted; easily distracted; scatterbrained
having attention that is unfocused or easily drawn away from the task; also describing a person who tends to lose focus
Examples
วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1nowadays; at present2today; this day3today (time of speech)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)วอกแวกwôk wâekวอกแวกwôk wâek1distracted; easily distracted; scatterbrained2[to] get distracted; [to] lose focusง่ายngâaiง่ายngâai1easily; readily2easy; simpleมากmâakมากmâak1many; numerous2very; extremely3much; a lot; greatlyเพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because of; due to2because3melodious; pleasant-soundingมีmeeมีmee1[to] experience; undergo2[to] have; possess3there is/are; existเสียงsĭiangเสียงsĭiang1voice2tone; timbre3sound; noise4vote5phonetic toneคุยกันkui ganคุยกันkui gan1[to] talk together; chat2[to] discuss; talk things through; negotiate3[to] be talking (romantically); be seeing each other (informal)ตลอดdtà-lòtตลอดdtà-lòt1throughout; continuously; all the time2throughout; along (extent/duration)ในnaiในnai1of; belonging to (formal)2in; inside; within3during; in (time)ห้องhôngห้องhông1room2classifier: rooms
Today I get distracted very easily because there’s constant chatter in the room.
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ถ้าtâaเปิดbpèrtเพลงplayngดังๆdang dangระหว่างrá-wàangทำการบ้านtam gaan bâanฉันchănจะjàวอกแวกwôk wâekจนjonทำtamไม่mâiเสร็จsèt
If loud music is on while I do homework, I get so distracted that I can’t finish.
เขาkăoเป็นbpenคนkonวอกแวกwôk wâekพอporมีmeeโทรศัพท์toh-rá-sàpเด้งdêngเตือนdteuuanก็gâwหยุดงานyùt ngaanทันทีtan tee
He’s the kind of person who gets easily distracted; as soon as his phone pings, he stops working.
ในnaiที่ประชุมtêe bprà-chumยาวๆyaao yaaoฉันchănต้องdtôngปิดbpìtการแจ้งเตือนgaan jâeng dteuuanทุกอย่างtúk yàangไม่งั้นmâi ngánจิตjìtจะjàวอกแวกwôk wâekจนjonตามdtaamประเด็นbprà-denไม่ทันmâi tan
In long meetings, I have to turn off all notifications; otherwise my mind wanders and I can’t follow the points.
2VerbB1
[to] get distracted; [to] lose focus
to have one’s attention diverted from what one is doing; to fail to concentrate
Examples
ตอนdtonตอนdton1when; at the time (of)2time segment; period3section; part4episode; chapterทำการบ้านtam gaan bâanทำการบ้านtam gaan bâan1[to] prepare oneself; [to] do research2[to] do homeworkฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)ไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)วอกแวกwôk wâekวอกแวกwôk wâek1distracted; easily distracted; scatterbrained2[to] get distracted; [to] lose focusตั้งใจdtâng jaiตั้งใจdtâng jai1[to] be determined; resolve2[to] pay close attention; concentrate3[to] intend; mean to4intentionally; on purposeทำให้tam hâiทำให้tam hâi1[to] do/make [sth] for [sb]2[to] make; cause [sb/sth] to [do/be sth]; renderเสร็จsètเสร็จsèt1[to] finish; be done2finished; done3done for; screwed (slang)
When doing homework, I don’t get distracted; I focus on finishing it.
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As soon as loud music plays, he gets distracted and can hardly keep working.
เธอterพยายามpà-yaa-yaamอ่านหนังสือàan năng-sĕuแต่dtàeเสียงsĭiangคุยกันkui ganข้างkâangๆ-ทำให้tam hâiวอกแวกwôk wâekตลอดdtà-lòt
She tried to read, but the conversation next to her kept distracting her.
ถ้าtâaปิดbpìtการแจ้งเตือนgaan jâeng dteuuanในnaiโทรศัพท์toh-rá-sàpเราraoจะjàไม่mâiวอกแวกwôk wâekง่ายngâaiและláeทำงานtam ngaanเสร็จsètเร็วขึ้นreo kêun
If we turn off phone notifications, we won’t get distracted easily and will finish work faster.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
เสียสมาธิsĭia sà-maa-tíเสียสมาธิsĭia sà-maa-tí[to] lose concentration; [to] be distracted
[to] lose concentration; [to] be distracted
ไขว้เขวkwâi kwăyไขว้เขวkwâi kwăydistracted; confused; unsettled; wavering
distracted; confused; unsettled; wavering
ไม่มีสมาธิmâi mee sà-maa-tíไม่มีสมาธิmâi mee sà-maa-tíunfocused; distracted; unable to concentrate
unfocused; distracted; unable to concentrate
เขวkăyเขวkăy1not straight; slanted2[to] swerve; deviate3distracted; off-track
- not straight; slanted
- [to] swerve; deviate
- distracted; off-track
หลุดโฟกัสlùt foh-gátหลุดโฟกัสlùt foh-gát1unfocused (figurative)2[to] lose focus; get distracted3out of focus (image)
- unfocused (figurative)
- [to] lose focus; get distracted
- out of focus (image)