It serves to distract a predator while the octopus makes its escape.

它的作用是在章鱼逃跑时分散捕食者的注意力。

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The behaviors that the birds engage in to distract predators are called distraction displays.

鸟类做来分散捕食者注意力的行为被称为注意力分散展示。

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It was all a ploy to distract attention from his real aims.

那全是障眼法，借以转移对他真实目的的注意。

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That was it nothing to distract the senses from the message.

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And basically to distract, I think, attention from that and to change the subject.

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After his conversation with the Governor, a lot happened to distract Steve from his new cause.

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The act of smoking, and the smoke auterizing his throat, appeared to distract him.

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