
adj.忙的;繁忙的;熱鬧的;(電話)占線的
vt.使忙于
He is busy with some important work. 他正忙于處理一些重要的事情。
He was busy getting ready for his journey. 他正忙于準備旅行。
The traffic was at its height at the busy junction. 在繁忙的交叉路口,車輛來往正處于高峰。
I tried to call Mr. Cooper, but the line was busy. 我想給庫柏先生打個電話,但一直占線。
用作及物動詞 (vt.)To forget his trouble, he busied himself in his garden . 為了把煩惱忘卻,他讓自己忙于花園的工作。
As the final examinations draw near, students begin to busy themselves with reviewing. 當期末考試即將來臨時,同學們開始忙于復習。
busy用作形容詞的基本意思是“忙的”,通常指人經常或暫時埋頭于一項工作,含有“熱衷于”的意味。busy作“繁忙的; 熱鬧的”解時可修飾物或事物。
busy在句中可用作定語或表語。用作表語時,其后常可接介詞about, at, in, over , with引起的短語, 這些介詞有時可省略,特別是當其賓語為動名詞時。busy用于too...to結構時可接動詞不定式。
“電話占線。”在美國一般說The line is busy .而在英國常說The number is engaged.
v.(動詞)busy既可用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時,一般接oneself作賓語,常常表示“使自己忙于某事”。
[ busybody ]的復數(shù)形式
消磨時間的工作;為打發(fā)時間而布置的工作