单词 | abuzz |
释义 | abuzz (once / 40339 pages) adj If a room is abuzz, it's full of noise and chatter. An elementary school classroom is bound to be abuzz on the last day of school before summer. When a place is abuzz, it's bustling with activity and sounds, humming in a way that resembles the buzzing of bees. The whole town might be abuzz with excitement about a movie being filmed there, or your house could be abuzz with excited children during a birthday party. Charles Dickens is credited with the first written use of this adjective, in his 1859 novel "A Tale of Two Cities." WORD FAMILYabuzz USAGE EXAMPLESAs Christmas approached, the Long house was abuzz with preparations for the annual family gathering, which brings more than 30 people to the home. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) Arriving on a Friday night, my husband and I found the lobby abuzz with cocktail-sipping locals. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) “There were shops all over, and they were talking about us; everyone was abuzz about what we were doing.” Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) adj noisy like the sound of a bee the room was abuzz over the latest scandal Syn buzzing noisy full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds |
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