| 单词 | busy |
| 释义 | busy (once / 16 pages) 1adjv 2adj 3adj When you're busy, you have things to do. You're occupied and probably not bored. This word always means there's some kind of activity. When a phone line is busy, you can't get your call through. If you find the bathroom is busy, you'll have to wait it's free. When a supervisor is around, employees need to look busy. A busy intersection is loaded with traffic. If you're too busy playing basketball to finish your homework, your grades might suffer. It's good to be busy, but when people are too busy, they get stressed out. WORD FAMILYbusy: busied, busier, busies, busiest, busily, business, busying, busyly, busyness, overbusy+/business: businesses, businesslike/busyness: busynesses USAGE EXAMPLESBut one day last month, while Clemson was busy preparing for its College Football Playoff semifinal against Ohio State, Venables benched himself. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) The spokesperson suggests that people planning to travel by air during busy times should consider other options, such as suicide. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) It was “very, very, extremely busy” in the days leading up to the holidays, a cashier said. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) 1 1adj actively or fully engaged or occupied busy with her work a busy man too busy to eat lunch Syn|Ant at work on the job drudging, laboring, labouring, toilingdoing arduous or unpleasant work engaged, occupiedhaving ones attention or mind or energy engaged overbusytoo busy tied upkept occupied or engaged up tobusy or occupied with diligentcharacterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks employedhaving your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary idle not in action or at work bone-idle, bone-lazyconstitutionally lazy or idle faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shydisinclined to work or exertion lackadaisicalidle or indolent especially in a dreamy way leisuredfree from duties or responsibilities unengagednot busy or occupied; free ineffective, ineffectual, uneffectivenot producing an intended effect unemployednot engaged in a gainful occupation 2adj (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line) her line is busy kept getting a busy signal Syn engaged, in use occupied held or filled or in use 3v keep busy with 2She busies herself with her butterfly collection Syn|Hypo|Hyper occupy potter, putter work lightly dabble, play around, smatterwork with in an amateurish manner work exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity 1adj crowded with or characterized by much activity a very busy week a busy life a busy street a busy seaport Syn active full of activity or engaged in continuous activity 2adj overcrowded or cluttered with detail 3a busy painting Syn fussy fancy not plain; decorative or ornamented adj intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner busy about other people's business Syn busybodied, interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious intrusive tending to intrude (especially upon privacy) |
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