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单词 busy in thought
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busy in thought
(a) With in, preceding simple noun. In later use chiefly in busy in thought (cf. deep in thought at thought n. Phrases 5a).
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?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 68 Þus ha beoð aa bisie in þis fule meoster.
c1390 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1877) 57 245 (MED) And beo bisy in hire seruys.
a1400 (c1300) Northern Homily: Serm. on Gospels (Coll. Phys.) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Bisi Me bihoued..Be bisi in mi fader needes.
a1475 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1866) II. 20 Be bessy in Godis servys.
1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. E2v I haue discribde my Lord, As I was busie in my watchfull charge. The proud Armado of king Edwards ships.
1663 Sir C. Lyttelton Let. 13 Jan. in E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. 30 I am soe buisy..in the dispatch of a fleete.
1702 N. Rowe Ambitious Step-mother (ed. 2) i. i. 235 So busie were my faculties in thought.
1840 C. Dickens Master Humphrey's Clock I. 97 It is curious to imagine these people of the world, busy in thought, turning their eyes toward the countless spheres that shine above us.
2000 T. Pijoan Pueblo Indian Wisdom i. 13 Grandfather was busy in thought and weaving.
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