单词 | bustling |
释义 | bustlingn. The action of bustle v.1 (in various senses); an instance of this. Also with about, to and fro, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > briskness or activeness > bustle or fuss > bustling or fussing flustering1422 bustlingc1450 buskling1546 fussation1775 fussing1826 fussification1834 rustling1872 fidget1890 spuffling1893 society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] i-winc888 wrestlingc890 fightc1000 flitec1000 teenOE winOE ungrithlOE wara1200 cockingc1225 strife?c1225 strivingc1275 struta1300 barratc1300 thro1303 battlec1375 contentionc1384 tuggingc1440 militationa1460 sturtc1480 bargain1487 bargaining1489 distrifea1500 concertation1509 hold1523 conflict1531 ruffle1532 tangling1535 scamblingc1538 tuilyie1550 bustling1553 tilt1567 ruffling1570 wresting1570 certationc1572 pinglinga1578 reluctation1593 combating1594 yoking1594 bandying1599 tention1602 contrast1609 colluctation1611 contestationa1616 dimication1623 rixation1623 colluctance1625 decertation1635 conflicting1640 contrasto1645 dispute1647 luctation1651 contest1665 stickle1665 contra-colluctation1674 contrasting1688 struggle1706 yed1719 widdle1789 scrambling1792 cut and thrust1846 headbutting1869 push-and-pull1881 contending1882 thrust and parry1889 aggro1973 c1450 (?c1425) St. Mary of Oignies l. 26 in Anglia (1885) 8 145 She was not letted with oute-warde noyse of any hustlynge or bustlynge. 1553 tr. E. Bonner in tr. S. Gardiner De Vera Obediencia: Oration To Rdr. f. iii Thereof rose these discordes..these deadly malices, and so great troublous bustlings. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Mar. 67 At length within an Yuie todde..I heard a busie bustling. 1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis v. xv. 384 The shore resounded at..the bustling of the Cables. 1675 Bp. G. Burnet Subjection Conscience-sake Asserted 26 in Royal Martyr This doth..discharge all busling and fighting on the pretence of Religion. 1720 D. Defoe Def. Quakers 25 All the Bustlings of Satan..are but to blind the Mind within. 1789 J. Byng Diary 27 June in C. B. Andrews Torrington Diaries (1935) II. 98 Cold feet..last night; so I was obliged to rub them upon the wool: my bustlings awakening P. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. xvi. 169 His life is but..a bustling and a justling. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. xv. 275 There was bustling to and fro of her and her maids. 1938 ‘N. Shute’ Kindling iii. 52 There was a bustling about, letting down the tail-board and adjusting sacks. 1946 K. Tennant Lost Haven (1947) xi. 173 It wasn't only the way she scrubbed and scoured and polished, or her bustlings in the school. 2008 P. Levitt Come with me to Babylon 71 With all the bustling around, where can I find a place to see her away from the family? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bustlingadj. That bustles (in various senses of bustle v.1); esp. (of a person) that moves about in an energetic, noisy, or busy manner; (of a place) full of bustle or noisy activity. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > brisk or active > bustling or fussing stirringc1400 bustling1582 notable1719 scrimmaging1843 steerie1866 spuffling1893 squirrelly1928 1582 R. Robinson tr. V. Strigel Pt. Harmony King Dauids Harp ix. 115 The bustling windes..their Trumpets sound againe. 1662 H. Foulis Hist. Wicked Plots iii. v. 232 The only way to preferment, was to be a busling Non-conformist. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 97 Sr Harry Vane was..a busy and a bustling man. 1785 W. Cowper Task v. 878 Gods..that sit Amus'd spectators of this bustling stage. 1823 S. Smith in Edinb. Rev. Feb. 89 A little merry bustling clergyman, largely concerned in the sale of rum. 1832 M. R. Mitford Our Village V. 84 The rustling bustling silk gown, redolent in every fold of clerical dignity. 1881 J. Hawthorne Fortune's Fool (1883) i. xiv. 122 The bustling period of the day. 1900 B. Kerr Silliad 31 Titus Green burst through the bustling throng. 1933 H. Allen Anthony Adverse I. i. ii. 18 Four lackeys..marshalled by a bustling major-domo. 2002 Time Out N.Y. 3 Oct. 21/2 A bustling neighborhood populated by traditional..Chinese restaurants and markets. Derivatives ˈbustlingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adverb] > briskly or actively > in a bustling or fussing manner bustlingly1797 fussily1818 1797 S. Jones Sheridan Improved at Notably, Bustlingly. 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. vi. 128 Reginald Lowestoffe was bustlingly officious and good-natured. 1885 D. C. Murray Rainbow Gold II. iii. iii. 78 He searched bustlingly for his hat. 1988 Times Lit. Suppl. 29 Apr. 480/3 The tidy arrangement of topics into which economics has bustlingly divided the world. 2000 R. D. Cohen in R. W. Lotchin Way we really Were iii. 58 As this population grew, so Central Avenue became more bustlingly alive. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1450adj.1582 |
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