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Abuzz School Place Excited ə'Bʌz Adj.嗡嗡的,嘁嘁喳喳的,活泼的 Room Full

英语单词 abuzz
英美音标 [ə'bʌz]
中文释义 adj.嗡嗡的,嘁嘁喳喳的,活泼的
vocab简明 If a room is abuzz, it's full of noise and chatter. An elementary school classroom is bound to be abuzz on the last day of school before summer.
vocab扩展 When a place is abuzz, it's bustling with activity and sounds, humming in a way that resembles the buzzing of bees. The whole town might be abuzz with excitement about a movie being filmed there, or your house could be abuzz with excited children during a birthday party. Charles Dickens is credited with the first written use of this adjective, in his 1859 novel "A Tale of Two Cities."
真题原句 In a move that has intellectual-property lawyers abuzz, the U.S. court of Appeals for the federal circuit said it would use a particular case to conduct a broad review of business-method patents.
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[ADJ 形容词]议论纷纷的;嘈杂的;闹哄哄的 If someone says that a place is abuzz with rumours or plans, they mean that everyone there is excited about them.
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  • Washington has been abuzz with stories about disarray inside the White House.

    整个华盛顿都对白宫内发生的混乱议论纷纷。

来源 2010.2

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