busy

busy
[ʼbɪzi] adj
1) (occupied) beschäftigt;
are you \busy? haben Sie einen Moment Zeit?;
I'm very \busy this week ich habe diese Woche viel zu tun;
to be \busy with [or doing] sth mit etw dat beschäftigt sein;
to get \busy loslegen (fam), sich akk an die Arbeit machen;
to keep oneself/sb \busy with sth sich/jdn mit etw dat beschäftigen;
I'll keep myself \busy with a magazine while I wait ich werde mir die Zeit, während ich warte, mit einer Illustrierten vertreiben;
he keeps himself \busy by building a model train set in his free time er verbringt seine Freizeit mit dem Bau einer Modelleisenbahn;
to keep sb \busy children, work jdn in Atem [o (fam) Trab] halten
2) (active) day arbeitsreich; life bewegt, ereignisreich; intersection, street viel befahren, verkehrsreich; seaport stark frequentiert (geh), umschlagstark; shop stark besucht [o (geh) frequentiert];
I've had a \busy day ich hatte heute viel zu tun;
December is the busiest time of the year der Dezember ist die Jahreszeit, in der am meisten los ist;
3) (pej: overly decorated) überladen;
(too colourful) wallpaper zu bunt; pattern unruhig
4) (esp Am) telec besetzt;
the line is \busy die Leitung ist besetzt
PHRASES:
to be [as] \busy as a bee bienenfleißig sein;
the children were as \busy as bees picking apples die Kinder waren mit Feuereifer dabei, Äpfel zu pflücken vt <-ie->
to \busy oneself with sth sich akk mit etw dat beschäftigen

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