| 单词 | busy |
| 释义 | busy (bɪzi ) Word forms: busier , busiest , busies , busying , busied 1. adjective [oft ADJ v-ing] A2 When you are busy, you are working hard or concentrating on a task, so that you are not free to do anything else. What is it? I'm busy. They are busy preparing for a hectic day's activity on Saturday. Rachel said she would be too busy to come. Phil Martin is an exceptionally busy man. 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A2 A busy time is a period of time during which you have a lot of things to do. It'll have to wait. This is our busiest time. Even with her busy schedule she finds time to watch TV. I had a busy day and was rather tired. Synonyms: hectic, full, active, tiring 3. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE, oft ADJ -ing] If you say that someone is busy thinking 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. I'm so busy worrying about all the wrong things that I'm not focusing on the right ones. Most people are too busy with their own troubles to give much help. [+ with] 4. verb If you busy yourself with something, you occupy yourself by dealing with it. He busied himself with the camera. [VERB pronoun-reflexive + with] She busied herself getting towels ready. [V pron-refl v-ing] For a while Kathryn busied herself in the kitchen. [VERB pronoun-reflexive] 5. adjective A2 A busy place is full of people who are doing things or moving about. The Strand is one of London's busiest and most affluent streets. The ward was busy and Amy hardly had time to talk. Synonyms: crowded, full, packed, crushed 6. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] When a phone line is busy, you cannot make your call because the line is already being used by someone else. [mainly US] I tried to reach him, but the line was busy. 7. See also busily Idioms: a busy bee or busy as a bee if someone is a busy bee or busy as a bee, they enjoy doing a lot of things and always keep themselves busy He is busy as a bee designing every production in London. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: busy crossing When a car approaches a busy crossing, the smart road scans the area and tracks the positions, directions and speeds of other vehicles, warning the driver of potential hazards. Times, Sunday Times Trains are like cattle trucks while the cattle are busy crossing the cobbled motorways. Times, Sunday Times In other places, local wildlife groups run toad patrols, carrying the amphibians across roads at busy crossing points in buckets. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The demolition allowed to enlarge the busy crossing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For example, busy crossings could become an unbroken stream of pedestrians as self-drive cars wait helplessly. Times, Sunday Times One is if you're a qualified medical practitioner and you're having a busy day. Times, Sunday Times (2013) It was a busy day for those oil stocks traded heavily by friskier private investors. Times, Sunday Times (2015) It's a perfect place to lay your head after a busy day playing. The Sun (2016) But you'll be as keen as I am to deal with matters expeditiously at the end of a busy day. FORESTS OF THE NIGHT It was a busy day for a quiet man. Times, Sunday Times (2015) We turned off the busy highway and onto quiet country lanes where farmers were herding goats to new pastures. Times, Sunday Times Positioned near a busy highway, its stone carvings have become darkened over the years. Times, Sunday Times A covered pedestrian bridge over a busy highway became a storeroom for vendors' stock. Times, Sunday Times Traffic on the busy highway, which police say carries 3,600 vehicles an hour, was blocked in one direction at a time after the protest began at 8 a.m. canada.com The early years even included a short section along the margin of a busy highway. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This was built in 1888 (opened for worship in 1889) and continues to be a busy hub in the centre of the community. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It remains the busy hub of this community being one of the few businesses left in the village. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 During the 1930s, the growth of international air travel meant the airport became a busy hub, despite its isolation and rudimentary facilities. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The jetty became a busy hub for exporting these commodities, as well as unloading supplies. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Footage from security cameras showed passersby ducking and running for cover as an explosion enveloped the busy intersection at about 6.30pm. Times, Sunday Times One was at a very busy intersection. Houston Chronicle At 5 p.m., a busy intersection can quickly turn into a parking lot. Houston Chronicle What had once been a busy intersection had become totally desolate. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Bake sales are often set up around an area of pedestrian traffic, such as outside a grocery store or at a busy intersection near a mall. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The state also had a rich agricultural tradition and a busy port, making raw ingredients easy to access. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This place, then, has a turbulent past: it was also once a busy port, but the sea has retreated, leaving behind an unspoilt medieval town. Times, Sunday Times The lights snap out, the floor vibrates with the din (obviously pre-recorded) of a rumbling engine, then splashing waves and a busy port getting nearer. Times, Sunday Times The ferries pass back and forth in the busy port. Times, Sunday Times It occupies a colossal storage pier built in 1914, when the city was a prosperous hub of textile and steel mills centered around a busy port. Smithsonian Mag You can try a busy restaurant, where the staff have less time to fuss. Times, Sunday Times Deprived of sleep, he was sent to work in the kitchens of a busy restaurant. Times, Sunday Times He's full of the kind of tips developed at the coalface of a busy restaurant kitchen. Times, Sunday Times Then they're thrown into a busy restaurant, where they'll have to make dishes for paying customers. The Sun You'd be forgiven for thinking emma, 42, was running a busy restaurant. The Sun Police warned residents to be alert for crocodiles in suburban areas after a car hit a large crocodile on a busy road in Darwin. Times, Sunday Times (2017) They kept referring to the site as high unspoilt fell, ignoring that it is on the side of a disused quarry above a busy road. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Also I lived in a top-floor flat on a busy road, my carpets were foam-backed, the furniture was chipboard and hardboard. M. E. Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome - How To Live With It (1989) It was horrible to see him going to bed on a busy road with traffic hurtling past. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Our jaws drop as we spot the floor-to-ceiling windows that look out over a busy road. Times, Sunday Times (2007) A large, organised, group of vehicles will travel a busy route at very slow speed in order to deliberately cause traffic disruption. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Operators on busy routes struggled to maintain punctuality, as any impediment such as a medical emergency or a broken-down train could disrupt the network for hours. Times,Sunday Times Entire communities, some on busy routes, will soon have no nearby fuel source, and the consequences could be far-reaching. Times, Sunday Times For that reason ministers will consider the introduction of double-deck trains on busy routes and the report proposes longer trains on commuter routes. Times, Sunday Times Railway stations and busy routes into the capital were also quiet. Times, Sunday Times The married father of three says he finds time in his busy schedule to play village cricket. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Take some time out of your busy schedule to work out what you really want from life. The Sun (2015) He'll interrupt his busy schedule to meet with some disturbed person who insists on talking to'the top doc. Christianity Today (2000) But first, find another preacher or trust friend that can pray for you during this busy season. Christianity Today The 33-year-old has endured a busy season. Times, Sunday Times He has held his form well through a busy season. The Sun She has had a busy season but has retained her form. The Sun Many hurricane forecasters had predicted another busy season, although not as intense as 2005, and the lack of storms has left a few red faces. Times, Sunday Times So in the late 1980s, he moved his busy shop there. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If you can, try to find somewhere relaxing and a little away from the hassle of busy shops. The Sun Although it was restrictive - it's difficult to manoeuvre in busy shops, to eat or cross the road - that didn't bother me. Times, Sunday Times Although the gridlocked streets are lined with busy shops well-stocked with watermelons, jewellery and expensive designer clothes, they are also full of suspicion. Times, Sunday Times Police are baffled by the sudden appearance of a portable lavatory in the middle of a busy street. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Café Cana was a small diner on Avenida Presidente Vargas, the busiest street in the city. ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH' Armed police line both sides of the busy street that leads to the Interlagos track - but teams are taking no chances. The Sun (2016) In March 1995 three American consulate officials were ambushed and their van sprayed with gunfire on a busy street in Karachi. NIMITZ CLASS (2002) But those more comfortable with their feet on the ground can grab a beer and enjoy dazzling nightly light shows on what is Downtown's busiest street. The Sun (2016) She certainly has a busy summer in store. The Sun No doubt it's going to be a busy summer for the big clubs, but we have a great squad here anyway. Times, Sunday Times With the emphasis on socialising outdoors amid the pandemic, they've had a busy summer. Times,Sunday Times The busy summer helped to set a new agenda for the political season, which begins in earnest this week. Times, Sunday Times While some are temporary, to cover the busy summer season, many are permanent because the park operates all year round. The Sun On a 10km last year she had to cross a busy thoroughfare. Times, Sunday Times You need a busy thoroughfare, somewhere where people are in their bubble, focused on themselves. Times, Sunday Times It has been a busy thoroughfare since antiquity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The town became a busy thoroughfare for travelers, and hotels abounded. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was the ideal location to entice thirsty passengers from vessels along this busy thoroughfare. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It is all right until that happens, so it's been a busy week. Times, Sunday Times (2007) It has been a busy week in which she has reinvented herself as an international peace envoy and set aside the day job. Times, Sunday Times (2015) It's a busy weekend as you try to be in two places at once but this will suit you. The Sun It has been a busy weekend in the city named for a monarch. Globe and Mail On a busy weekend it could be easy to get distracted from the obvious. The Sun Expect a busy weekend with lots of people around you. The Sun Get ready for a busy weekend where you achieve more than you think. The Sun Reluctance to send for a doctor might stem from a fear of intruding when it's frantically busy. Times, Sunday Times Occasionally, however, the action becomes a little too frantically busy. Times, Sunday Times Yet without electricity or running water, the couple are frantically busy preparing for the coming winter - hunting for moose and grouse and gathering wood. Times, Sunday Times In fact, since taking office, the coalition has been frantically busy. Times, Sunday Times Some resorts are frantically busy in the winter, with people coming to play golf. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 忙碌的, 熙攘的, 使忙于 Japanese: 忙しい, 混雑した, 忙しくする |
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