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单词 busy, busy, busy
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busy, busy, busy
c. Reduplicated for emphasis, esp. in busy, busy, busy: indicating frenetic or constant activity, or that a person has too much to do (sometimes with the implication that a person is ostentatiously or affectedly busy).
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1672 Duke of Buckingham Rehearsal v. i. 44 In scorching noon-day, whil'st the traveller stayes, Busie, busie, busie, busie, we bustle along.
1832 J. K. Paulding Westward Ho! II. xiii. 140 Then she goes on, busy, busy, busy, never satisfied, more work, more money, and all for the dem publique good.
1887 J. T. Trowbridge Little Master xxviii. 211 ‘Busy! busy! busy!’ was his ever-recurring excuse. But Mrs. Corson bethought her that he could always find time for a good dinner.
1913 A. Rothery Our Common Road 283 Too busy to come—too busy to stay—too busy to go—busy, busy, busy—that is the slogan of the modern woman!
1955 Chicago Sunday Tribune 30 Jan. iv. 5 (advt.) They [sc. university graduates] usually occupy positions where they are busy, busy, busy always!
1996 Time Out 31 July 72/3 We're talking to New York's home office set here, laptops-a-go-go, busy busy busy.
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