buzzing
present participle ofbuzz
| 单词 | buzzing |
| 释义 | buzzing present participle ofbuzz buzz verb uk/bʌz/us/bʌz/buzzverb(MAKE SOUND)C2[I] to make acontinuous,lowsoundsuch as the one abeemakes: I canhearsomething buzzing. [IorT] topressabuzzerinorderto get someone'sattention: I buzzed him but there was noanswer. The firstpersonto buzz mayanswer. [T+ adv/prep] toallowsomeone toenteraplacebypressingabuttonthatopensadoorand makes a buzzingsound: Press theintercomand I'll buzz youin. We were buzzed into thelobby. Asecretarybuzzed them up to theconferenceroomon thetopfloor. Animal (non-human) sounds
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Communications - general words Arriving, entering and invading buzzverb(BE VERY ACTIVE)C2[Iusually+ adv/prep] to bebusyandfullofenergy: Hepredictsthat Logan Airport will be buzzing asusual- oralmostasusual- asThanksgivingnears. Theplacewas buzzing(withexcitement). Reporters were buzzingaround,tryingto get thefullstory. yourhead/mind is buzzing Ifyourhead/mindis buzzing, you arethinkingabout many different things at the sametime. Busy and active
buzzverb(BE EXCITED)be buzzing informal to be veryexcitedandhappy: Thesingerconfirmedthat he and hisgirlfriendwereexpectingaboyand said, "I'm buzzing!" Excited, interested and enthusiastic
buzzverb(FLY LOW)[T]informal If anaircraftbuzzes aplaceorpeople, itfliesover it or them verylowandfast. Movement through the air
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Air travel: aviation buzzverb(CUT HAIR)[T]informal tocutsomeone'shairveryshortusing aspecialmachine Hair care
Phrasal verbbuzz off Examplesofbuzzingbuzzing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The scientific sessions, and the tearooms and the bars, arebuzzingwith talk about the latest developments with this procedure. From theCambridge English Corpus Few women took advantage of the opportunity to report additional symptoms-breast pains,buzzingin ears, tingling of extremities and irritability were mentioned. From theCambridge English Corpus Suddenly the facsimile machine pulses into action, chirping andbuzzing, ejecting a printed page 30 seconds later. From theCambridge English Corpus Thebuzzingfly defines a certain time-extent - a multiplicity of past events, such as wing oscillations, summed in a blurred visual display. From theCambridge English Corpus But if there is no ongoing,buzzing, continuous state, then there is no ongoing,buzzing, continuous neural process that we need appeal to. From theCambridge English Corpus Thebuzzingfly and the transforming brain are phases of the same dynamically transforming field. From theCambridge English Corpus Outside all was still but thebuzzingof the bees, some of which now and then found their way in to the half darkened room. From theCambridge English Corpus And both dome and phantasmagoria gather and order sensory data to suggest a coherent whole rather than abuzzingconfusion. From theCambridge English Corpus The sounds ofbuzzing, horses hooves fading away, drawn-out musical notes, for instance, transform the space from the suburb to the desert through sound. From theCambridge English Corpus He, thus, did not appreciate thatbuzzingwith laterally directed wings and 'peeping' are separate behaviour patterns. From theCambridge English Corpus The "buzzing" fly is a certain quality, the heron-like fly another. From theCambridge English Corpus Indeed, once those antennae are up andbuzzing, another set of comparators hove into sense perception. From theCambridge English Corpus Careful consideration reveals that when you see you do not encounter an inner something that is, so to speak, ongoing,buzzing, continuous. From theCambridge English Corpus Jaenson (1979a) suggested that male wingbuzzingat the end of copulation induces the female to 'facilitate' insemination. From theCambridge English Corpus Second, the information provided by the particular pronouns used in a given utterance might help the child isolate the relevant event or action from the blooming,buzzingconfusion around her. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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