busy
要点忙しい、にぎやかな
意味
- 忙しい,多忙な
- (場所が)にぎやかな
- 《米》(電話が)使用中の(《英》engaged)
- 〈自分〉を忙しくさせる
例文
I didn't answer your letter, because I was busy.
忙しかったので君の手紙の返事を書かなかった。
He declined my request, saying that he was busy.
彼は忙しいからと私の頼みを断った。
I was going to write to you, but I was too busy.
君に手紙を書くつもりだったんだが、忙しすぎてね。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English bisy, busie, from Old English bisiġ (“busy, occupied, diligent”), from Proto-West Germanic *bisīg (“diligent; zealous; busy”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian biesich (“active, diligent, hard-working, industrious”), Dutch bezig (“busy”), Low German besig (“busy”). The spelling with ⟨u⟩ represents the pronunciation of the West Midland and Southern dialects while the Modern English pronunciation with /ɪ/ is from the dialects of the East Midlands.