Betekenis van busy In het Nederlands

• 0 If you are busy, you are working hard, or giving your attention to a particular thing:

  • Mum was busy in the kitchen.

  • The kids are busy with their homework.

  • She's busy writing out the wedding invitations.

  • I've got plenty of jobs to keep you busy.

  • He was too busy talking to notice us come in.

  • Would you like to come over at the weekend, or are you busy?

  • I'm busy on Tuesday morning but we could meet in the afternoon.

  • a busy restaurant

  • Their house is near a very busy road.

  • I have a busy week ahead of me.

  • You've had a busy day.

  • I tried calling you but the line was busy.

• 1 having too much decoration or too many colours:

  • The jacket was a bit too busy for my tastes - I'd prefer something plainer.

• 2 to make the time pass by doing something:

  • I busied myself with tidying up my desk.

• 3 (of a person) actively involved in doing something or having a lot of things to do, or (of a time or place) when or where a lot of things are happening:

  • a busy street

  • the busy summer months

  • I’ve been so busy lately that I haven’t had time to have any social life.

  • Getting the house ready for her relatives kept her busy the whole day.

  • Her line is still busy.

• 4 to make the time pass by doing something:

  • Aimee busied herself with a favorite book.

• 5 working hard, or giving your attention to a particular thing:

  • too busy to do sth I have been far too busy to think about taking time off.

  • busy with sth/sb All our agents are currently busy with other customers.

  • busy doing sth While we were busy planning our expansion, he was planning to take over the company.

  • a busy man/woman/person I won't take up much of your time, because I know you're a busy woman.

• 6 full of activity or people:

  • a busy office/restaurant/street

  • The shop is always busy on Saturdays.

• 7 in a busy period, you have a lot of things to do:

  • a busy week/day/morning It’s been a busy week.

• 8 if a telephone line is busy, someone is using it:

  • I tried calling the office, but the line was busy.