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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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