資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Busy \Bus"y\ (b[i^]z"z[y^]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Busied}
   (b[i^]z"z[i^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Busying}.] [AS. bysgian.]
   To make or keep busy; to employ; to engage or keep engaged;
   to occupy; as, to busy one's self with books.

         Be it thy course to busy giddy minds With foreign
         quarrels.                                --Shak.

資料來源 : WordNet®

busy
     adj 1: actively or fully engaged or occupied; "busy with her work";
            "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch"; "the line is
            busy" [ant: {idle}]
     2: overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a
        fussy design" [syn: {fussy}]
     3: intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; "an interfering
        old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an
        officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other people's
        business" [syn: {interfering}, {meddlesome}, {meddling}, {officious},
         {busybodied}]
     4: crowdedwith or characterized by much activity; "a very busy
        week"; "a busy life"; "a busy street"; "a busy seaport"
     5: (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable
        for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability;
        (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line);
        "her line is busy"; "receptionists' telephones are always
        engaged"; "the lavatory is in use"; "kept getting a busy
        signal" [syn: {engaged}, {in use(p)}]
     [also: {busied}, {busiest}, {busier}]

busy
     v : keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly
         collection" [syn: {occupy}]
     [also: {busied}, {busiest}, {busier}]

busied
     See {busy}