busy
suomi-englanti sanakirjabusy englannista suomeksi
kiireinen
vilkas, työntäyteinen
nuuskiva
työllistää, askaroida, pitää työssä
räikeä, sekava
varattu
busy englanniksi
Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.
(ux)
(RQ:Shakespeare Richard 3)
(RQ:Dickens Christmas Carol)They left the busy scene, and went into an obscure part of the town, where Scrooge had never penetrated before, although he recognised its situation, and its bad repute.
(quote-journal)
(U) in activity or by someone else; bustling.
(RQ:Defoe Robinson Crusoe)
(RQ:Austen Pride and Prejudice)
(RQ:Dickens Christmas Carol)
(quote-book)
Having much work to do; having much to get done.
(nearsyn)
Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate.
(U); meddling.
(RQ:Shakespeare Othello)
A officer.
(quote-book)|isbn=9780751565416|page=30|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/fiveminutesofama0000grah/page/30/mode/2up?q=busies|passage=I remember playing on a building site once and coming across a five-pound note. I could hardly believe it when I spotted it poking out of the rubble. Excitedly, I ran straight home and gave it to my mum. I was hero of the hour until I got into trouble with the busies – the police – soon afterwards for pinching a bottle of milk from a float.
To make somebody busy or active; to occupy.
(usex)
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