Смысл: busy

busy1. [ʹbızı] a
<Í> 1. обыкн. predic
1) занятой, несвободный
busy signal - сигнал занято (по телефону)
to be too busy to talk [to read, to play] - не иметь времени, чтобы поговорить [почитать, поиграть]
the doctor is busy just now - доктор сейчас занят
the telephone /the line/ is busy - амер. номер (телефона) занят
I am very busy today - сегодня у меня очень много работы, я сегодня целый день занят
2) занятой, занимающийся или поглощённый (чем-л.); работающий (над чем-л.)
to be busy with /about, over/ one's task - выполнять порученную работу, работать над заданием
to be busy at work - быть занятым какой-л. работой
to be busy about the house - хлопотать по дому
to be busy with one's camera - возиться со своим фотоаппаратом
in the morning I am busy with my lessons [needlework] - утро я посвящаю урокам [шитью]
he is busy with the picture for the exhibition - он работает над картиной для выставки
I found him busy packing his things - я застал его за укладкой чемоданов
to keep smb. busy - заставлять кого-л. напряжённо трудиться
my garden keeps me always busy - работа в саду отнимает у меня всё время
to get busy - начать заниматься (чем-л.); начать действовать
then the police got busy - тогда полиция начала действовать
2. деятельный; трудолюбивый
busy man - деловой /занятой/ человек
busy brain - энергичный /деятельный/ ум
the busy bee - а) трудолюбивая пчёлка; б) образн. хлопотунья, хлопотливая хозяйка
as busy as a bee - а) трудолюбива как пчела; б) всегда в хлопотах /в трудах/
3. напряжённый, интенсивный
busy day - трудный /загруженный/ день
the busy hours - часы пик
busy street - оживлённая /людная/ улица
busy town [market-place] - шумный город [рынок]
busy (railway) line - перегруженная (железнодорожная) линия
the shops are very busy before the New Year - в магазинах идёт бойкая новогодняя торговля, перед Новым годом в магазинах большой наплыв покупателей
4. находящийся в постоянном движении; активный
boyishly busy - по-мальчишески непоседливый
cheerfully [noisily] busy - весёлый [шумный] и подвижный
5. уст. суетливый, хлопотливый, беспокойный
the busy world of men - суетный мир людской
busy idleness - показная суета
to be busy about trifles - суетиться по пустякам
6. перегруженный орнаментом, украшениями и т. п.
busy wallpaper - вычурные обои

2. [ʹbızı] v
<Í> 1) заниматься (чем-л.; обыкн. busy oneself)
to busy oneself with /in, about/ arranging a concert [preparing a wedding] - заниматься организацией концерта [подготовкой к свадьбе]
to busy oneself about /in/ the house - хлопотать по дому
to busy oneself industriously [casually, perfunctorily] - заниматься (чем-л.) усердно [небрежно, поверхностно]
she busied herself with the tea-things - она занялась приготовлением чая
2) дать работу, занять (чем-л.)
to busy one's hands [eyes] - дать работу рукам [глазам]
to busy one's brain - неотступно думать о чём-л.; ломать себе голову
to busy the gardener [the cook, the nurse] - занять (чем-л.) садовника [повара, няньку]
3) уст. заниматься, трудиться

keep (oneself) busy Идиома

as busy as a beaver

very busy, working steadily When the teacher returned, the students were as busy as beavers.

busy as a beaver

(See as busy as a beaver)

get busy

begin to work, start to do, get at it Get busy and cut the grass before your father comes home.

busy at

busy working；having much to do忙于干…
He was busy with／over／at his work．他忙着干他的工作。
She was busy day and night with her research work．她日夜忙着做她的研究工作。

busy over

busy with

busy with/at/over

busy as Grand Central Station

Idiom(s): (as) busy as Grand Central Station

Theme: BUSY

Very busy; crowded with customers or other people. (This refers to Grand Central Station in New York City.)
• This house is as busy as Grand Central Station.
• When the tourist season starts, this store is busy as Grand Central Station.

busy as a bee

Idiom(s): (as) busy as a beaver AND (as) busy as a bee

Theme: BUSY

very busy.
• I don’t have time to talk to you. I'm as busy as a beaver.
• You don't look busy as a beaver to me.
• Whenever there is a holiday, we are all as busy as bees.

busy work|busy|work

n. Work that is done not to do or finish anything important, but just to keep busy. When the teacher finished all she had to say it was still a half hour before school was over. So she gave the class a test for busy work.

keep (oneself) busy

To abide alive (with something); to ensure that one is not abandoned or bored. I begin that I had to accumulate myself alive while I was grieving. I aloof couldn't buck to sit still, or abroad I would alpha cerebration about aggregate that happened. I bought a agglomeration of appearance books and lath amateur so the kids can accumulate themselves alive during the breach from school.Learn more: busy, keep

keep busy

1. To break alive and affianced in abounding pursuits. I haven't apparent you in so long! Accept you been befitting busy? A: "How accept you been?" B: "Oh, you know, befitting busy. That's what happens back you accept three kids!" I try to accumulate alive back I'm off during the summer, but abounding canicule I acquisition myself aloof wallowing in the pool.2. To ensure that one is occupied. In this usage, a person's name or pronoun appears amid "keep" and "busy." Keep the kids alive while I blanket these presents. I've been aggravating to accumulate myself alive while I attending for a job, but I won't lie, the canicule are long. I'm abiding all this appointment will accumulate you busy.Learn more: busy, keep

keep yourself ˈbusy

acquisition abundant things to do: Since she retired she’s kept herself actual busy.Learn more: busy, keep

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