Occupied with labour; engaged in a task; working, esp. at one's regular job or occupation. Cf. hard at work at hard, adj. n.phrases 6a.
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| 释义 | the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupied or busy [phrase] (19) at work?1440 Occupied with labour; engaged in a task; working, esp. at one's regular job or occupation. Cf. hard at work at hard, adj. n.phrases 6a. at it1609 at it: hard at work, fighting, etc.; busy. in (full) play1669 (In later use perhaps influenced by sense 9d.) in (full) play: in operation or effect, active; (formerly also) †actively engaged or employed (obsolete… on the run1795 Very busy, frenetically active; (also) while travelling or busy. on the trot1822 transferred and figurative. Frequently in on the trot, (a) continually moving without intervals for rest; on the go; (b) in uninterrupted sequence… on the hop1863 slang or colloquial. on the hop: on the go, with no chance to relax, busy, active; enjoying oneself. on the job1882 Hard at work, busy; (also colloquial) engaged in sexual intercourse. for (or on) the (high) jump1884 Phrases. all of a jump (originally U.S.), in a jumpy or nervous state; (at a) full jump (U.S.), at full speed; at one jump (U.S.), in one go; at the… as busy as a nailer1899 In similes indicating tenacity or hard work: like a nailer (also nailers), as busy as a nailer. Subcategories:— in some pursuit (3) — settled down to business (1) — injunction to busy oneself (1) — not among one's activities or pursuits (1) — involved in something (4) |
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