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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 side·track /ˈsaɪdˌtræk/
 側線,旁軌(vt.)導入旁軌,走向旁道,使脫軌

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Side·track v. t.  [imp. & p. p. Sidetracked p. pr. & vb. n. Sidetracking.]
 1. Railroads To transfer to a siding from a main line of track.
 2.  Hence, fig., to divert or reduce to a position or condition that is relatively secondary or subordinate in activity, importance, effectiveness, or the like; to switch off; to turn aside, as from a purpose. [Colloq.]
    Such a project was, in fact, sidetracked in favor of the census of school children.    --Pop. Sci. Monthly.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 sidetrack
      n : a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling
          stock or enable trains on the same line to pass [syn: siding,
           railroad siding, turnout]
      v : wander from a direct or straight course [syn: depart, digress,
           straggle]