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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Occupy \Oc"cu*py\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Occupied}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Occupying}.] [OE. occupien, F. occuper, fr.L. occupare;
ob (see {Ob-}) + a word akin to capere to take. See
{Capacious}.]
1. To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to
possess.
Woe occupieth the fine [/end] of our gladness.
--Chaucer.
The better apartments were already occupied. --W.
Irving.
2. To hold, or fill, the dimensions of; to take up the room
or space of; to cover or fill; as, the camp occupies five
acres of ground. --Sir J. Herschel.
3. To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the
service of; to employ; to busy.
An archbishop may have cause to occupy more
chaplains than six. --Eng. Statute
(Hen. VIII. )
They occupied themselves about the Sabbath. --2
Macc. viii.
27.
4. To do business in; to busy one's self with. [Obs.]
All the ships of the sea, with their mariners, were
in thee to occupy the merchandise. --Ezek. xxvii.
9.
Not able to occupy their old crafts. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
5. To use; to expend; to make use of. [Obs.]
All the gold that was occupied for the work. --Ex.
xxxviii. 24.
They occupy not money themselves. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
6. To have sexual intercourse with. [Obs.] --Nares.
資料來源 : WordNet®
occupied
adj 1: held or filled or in use; "she keeps her time well
occupied"; "the wc is occupied" [ant: {unoccupied}]
2: seized and controlled as by military invasion; "the occupied
countries of Europe" [ant: {unoccupied}]
3: resided in; having tenants; "not all the occupied (or
tenanted) apartments were well kept up" [syn: {tenanted}]
4: having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; "she keeps
herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply
engaged in conversation" [syn: {engaged}]
occupy
v 1: be present in; be inside of [syn: {inhabit}]
2: keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly
collection" [syn: {busy}]
3: live (in a certain place) [syn: {reside}, {lodge in}]
4: occupy the whole of; "The liquid fills the container" [syn:
{fill}]
5: be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic
consonant" [syn: {concern}, {interest}, {worry}]
6: as of time or space; "It took three hours to get to work
this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"
[syn: {take}, {use up}]
7: march aggressively into another's territory by military
force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler
invaded Poland on September 1, 1939" [syn: {invade}]
8: engage or engross wholly; "Her interest in butterflies
absorbs her completely" [syn: {absorb}, {engross}, {engage}]
[also: {occupied}]
occupied
See {occupy}