单词 | abuzz |
释义 | abuzzadj. Full of or alive with activity, excitement, talk, etc.; in a stir or ferment; filled with buzzing. Only in predicative use. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [adverb] > filled with conversation abuzz1859 1763 St. James's Mag. Feb. 396 Curious to see the temple and its shrine, I hasten'd in..'Twas all a buzz within, no accents clear.] 1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities iii. ix. 212 The court was all astir and a-buzz. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede II. ii. xxi. 124 I hate the sound of women's voices; they're always either a-buzz or a-squeak. 1926 J. G. Kerr in Rep. Brit. Assoc. 1926 111 The whole air is abuzz with discussions on sex. 1967 Life 26 May 104/2 The Kenya bush was abuzz with visions of apocalypse. 1976 T. Hooper Guide to Bees & Honey ii. 37 It is quite startling when you first see the apiary a-buzz with thousands of bees circling around. 2007 Independent 15 Jan. 5/1 The city's gossip rags have been abuzz with revelations in the sex scandal that keeps on giving. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1859 |
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