单词 | bustle |
释义 | bustle 1. v. & n. --v   1. intr. (often foll. by about) a work etc. showily, energetically, and officiously. b hasten (bustled about the kitchen banging saucepans).   2. tr. make (a person) hurry or work hard (bustled him into his overcoat).   3. intr. (as bustling adj.) colloq. full of activity. --n excited activity; a fuss. Derivatives bustler n. Etymology: perh. f. buskle frequent. of busk prepare 2. n. hist. a pad or frame worn under a skirt and puffing it out behind. Etymology: 18th c.: orig. unkn. |
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