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单词 buzz
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buzzverb

uk/bʌz/us/bʌz/

buzz verb (MAKE SOUND)

C2 [ I ] to make a continuous, low sound such as the one a bee makes:

I can hear something buzzing.

[ I or T ] to press a buzzer in order to get someone's attention:

I buzzed him but there was no answer.
The first person to buzz may answer.

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Animal (non-human) sounds

  • baa
  • bark
  • bellow
  • caterwaul
  • caw
  • cluck
  • coo
  • growl
  • hiss
  • howling
  • oink
  • peep
  • snarl
  • squawk
  • squee
  • trumpet
  • whimper
  • woof
  • yip
  • yowl

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Communications - general words

buzz verb (BE VERY ACTIVE)

C2 [ I usually + adv/prep ] to be busy and full of energy:

The place was buzzing (with excitement).
Reporters were buzzing around, trying to get the full story.
your head/mind is buzzing

If your head/mind is buzzing, you are thinking about many different things at the same time.

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Busy and active

  • a hive of activity/industry idiom
  • arena
  • be (as) busy as a bee idiom
  • be all go idiom
  • be at work idiom
  • be back in harness idiom
  • foot
  • girlie swot
  • hard-working
  • harness
  • have (got) sth on
  • have sth on your plate idiom
  • knee-deep
  • mad
  • plate
  • spread
  • spurt
  • stimulating
  • tie sb up
  • well away idiom

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buzz verb (FLY LOW)

[ T ] informal If an aircraft buzzes a place or people, it flies over it or them very low and fast.

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Movement through the air

  • airborne
  • flit
  • float
  • flown
  • fly
  • hover
  • levitate
  • lift
  • skim
  • skip
  • soar
  • swish
  • swishy
  • swoop
  • track
  • waft
  • wheel
  • wing

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Air travel: aviation

buzz verb (CUT HAIR)

[ T ] informal to cut someone's hair very short using a special machine

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Hair care

  • Alice band
  • argan oil
  • barrette
  • brush
  • comb
  • crimp
  • curling tongs
  • delouse
  • gel
  • hair lacquer
  • hair mousse
  • hairgrip
  • hairpin
  • rinse
  • roller
  • shear
  • slick
  • straighteners
  • styling
  • tint

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Phrasal verb(s)

buzz off

buzznoun [ S ]

uk/bʌz/us/bʌz/

buzz noun [ S ] (SOUND)

C2 a continuous, low sound:

I heard a buzz and then saw the plane in the distance.

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Animal (non-human) sounds

  • baa
  • bark
  • bellow
  • caterwaul
  • caw
  • cluck
  • coo
  • growl
  • hiss
  • howling
  • oink
  • peep
  • snarl
  • squawk
  • squee
  • trumpet
  • whimper
  • woof
  • yip
  • yowl

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buzz noun [ S ] (FEELING)

C2 informal a feeling of excitement, energy, and pleasure:

I love riding fast - it gives me a real buzz.
I get a buzz out of public speaking.

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Excitement, interest, energy and enthusiasm

  • a new lease of life idiom
  • alacrity
  • animation
  • ardour
  • avid
  • flap
  • frisky
  • frisson
  • get-up-and-go
  • glamour
  • gusto
  • meaty
  • shiver (up and) down your spine idiom
  • sparkle
  • spice
  • spirit
  • sprightly
  • stimulation
  • zap
  • zest

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Idiom(s)

give sb a buzz
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