busy

英 [ˈbɪzi]

美 [ˈbɪzi]

adj.  忙碌的; 无暇的; 忙于(做某事); 人来车往的; 熙熙攘攘的
v.  忙着做某事

最高级：busiest　过去式：busied　比较级：busier　现在分词：busying　过去分词：busied　第三人称单数：busies　

中考高考CET4考研计算机

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1753 / COCA.1924

同义词辨析

busyactiveengaged【导航词义：忙碌的】

习惯用语

adj.

as busy as a bee
• 忙得不可开交
  very busy
keep yourself busy
• 不让自己闲着
  to find enough things to do
• Since she retired she's kept herself very busy.
  自从退休后，她一直没闲着。

牛津词典

adj.

做事情 doing sth
• 忙碌的；无暇的
  having a lot to do; perhaps not free to do sth else because you are working on sth
  1. Are you busy tonight?
     你今晚忙吗？
  2. Kate's busy with her homework.
     凯特正忙着做家庭作业。
  3. I'm afraid the doctor is busy at the moment. Can he call you back?
     恐怕医生现在没空。让他给你回电话行吗？
  4. I'll be too busy to come to the meeting.
     我会很忙，不能到会。
  5. The principal is a very busy woman.
     校长是个大忙人。
  6. She was always too busy to listen.
     她总是很忙，无暇听我说话。
  7. a very busy life
     繁忙的生活
• 忙于（做某事）
  spending a lot of time on sth
  1. James is busy practising for the school concert.
     詹姆斯正忙着为学校音乐会排练。
  2. Let's get busy with the clearing up.
     我们开始清理吧。
地方 place
• 人来车往的；熙熙攘攘的
  full of people, activity, vehicles, etc.
  1. a busy main road
     熙熙攘攘的大街
  2. Victoria is one of London's busiest stations.
     维多利亚站是伦敦最繁忙的车站之一。
一段时间 period of time
• 工作忙的；充满活动的
  full of work and activity
  1. Have you had a busy day ?
     你今天忙了一天吗？
  2. This is one of the busiest times of the year for the department.
     这是系里一年中最忙的时间。
电话 telephone
• 正被占用的；占线的
  being used
  1. The line is busy─I'll try again later.
     占线——我过会儿再打。
  2. the busy signal
     忙音
图案；图样 pattern/design
• 杂乱的；纷繁的；令人眼花缭乱的
  too full of small details

verb

• 忙着做某事
  to fill your time doing an activity or a task
  1. While we talked, Bill busied himself fixing lunch.
     我们谈话时，比尔忙着做午饭。
  2. She busied herself with the preparations for the party.
     她忙于准备晚会。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 忙的；忙碌的
  When you arebusy, you are working hard or concentrating on a task, so that you are not free to do anything else.
  1. What is it? I'm busy...
     什么事？我忙着呢。
  2. They are busy preparing for a hectic day's activity on Saturday...
     他们正忙着准备周六一整天都安排满了的活动。
  3. Rachel said she would be too busy to come...
     雷切尔说她太忙，不会来了。
  4. Phil Martin is an exceptionally busy man.
     菲尔·马丁整天忙得不可开交。
• ADJ-GRADED 繁忙的；忙碌的
  Abusytime is a period of time during which you have a lot of things to do.
  1. It'll have to wait. This is our busiest time ...
     这事得往后放。这是我们最忙碌的时候。
  2. Even with her busy schedule she finds time to watch TV...
     即使日程安排很满，她也要抽出时间看电视。
  3. I had a busy day and was rather tired.
     今天很忙，我累坏了。
• ADJ-GRADED 全神贯注的；心无旁骛的；埋头于…的
  If you say that someone isbusythinking or worrying about something, you mean that it is taking all their attention, often to such an extent that they are unable to think about anything else.
  1. Companies are so busy analysing the financial implications that they overlook the effect on workers ...
     公司忙于分析此事对财务可能产生的影响，而忽视了其对工人的影响。
  2. Most people are too busy with their own troubles to give much help.
     大多数人都忙于自己的烦心事，而无暇提供太多的帮助。
• VERB 使（自己）忙于
  If youbusy yourselfwith something, you occupy yourself by dealing with it.
  1. He busied himself with the camera...
     他忙着摆弄那个相机。
  2. She busied herself getting towels ready...
     她忙着把毛巾准备好。
  3. For a while Kathryn busied herself in the kitchen.
     凯瑟琳在厨房忙活了一会儿。
• ADJ-GRADED 热闹的；忙碌的；熙熙攘攘的
  Abusyplace is full of people who are doing things or moving about.
  1. The Strand is one of London's busiest and most affluent streets...
     斯特兰德街是伦敦最繁华、最富足的街道之一。
  2. The ward was busy and Amy hardly had time to talk.
     病房里非常忙碌，埃米几乎没有时间说话。
• ADJ 占线的
  When a telephone line isbusy, you cannot make your call because the line is already being used by someone else.
  1. I tried to reach him, but the line was busy.
     我试图和他联系，但他的电话占线。
• See also:busily

英英释义

verb

• keep busy with
  1. She busies herself with her butterfly collection
  Synonym:occupy

adj

• crowded with or characterized by much activity
  1. a very busy week
  2. a busy life
  3. a busy street
  4. a busy seaport
• actively or fully engaged or occupied
  1. busy with her work
  2. a busy man
  3. too busy to eat lunch
• intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
  1. an interfering old woman
  2. bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself
  3. busy about other people's business
  Synonym:interferingmeddlesomemeddlingofficiousbusybodied
• (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability
  1. her line is busy
  2. receptionists' telephones are always engaged
  3. the lavatory is in use
  4. kept getting a busy signal
  Synonym:engagedin use(p)
• overcrowded or cluttered with detail
  1. a busy painting
  2. a fussy design
  Synonym:fussy

双语例句

• Phil Martin is an exceptionally busy man.
  菲尔·马丁整天忙得不可开交。
• What is it? I'm busy
  什么事？我忙着呢。
• I've been very busy recently.
  我最近很忙。
• Dad cooks when Mum is busy, he makes me clean up my messy room
  妈妈忙的时候爸爸做饭，他还让我清理我乱糟糟的房间。
• Rachel said she would be too busy to come
  雷切尔说她太忙，不会来了。
• He was so busy that he even forgot to write home.
  他忙得连家信都忘了写。
• For a while Kathryn busied herself in the kitchen.
  凯瑟琳在厨房忙活了一会儿。
• He's a very busy man, and it's good of him to spare the time to visit
  他是个大忙人，能抽出时间到访真是太好了。
• They are busy preparing for a hectic day's activity on Saturday
  他们正忙着准备周六一整天都安排满了的活动。
• He busied himself with the camera
  他忙着摆弄那个相机。