プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
まぎらす【紛らす】
❶〔ごまかす〕
悲しみを笑いに紛らす
conceal one's grief behind a smile
そこで彼は話を紛らしてしまった
At that point he 「turned the conversation to other topics [changed the subject].
❷〔気分を転じる〕
気を紛らす
get [take] one's mind off ((one's sorrow))/divert oneself ((by singing))
悲しみを酒で紛らす
drown one's grief [sorrow] in drink
退屈を紛らすために映画を見に行こうよ
How about going to the movies to relieve your ennui?