hectic

Word family adjectivehecticalhecticadverbhectically

hec·tic /ˈhektɪk/ adjectiveadj

1 BUSY/HAVE A LOT TO DOvery busy or full of activity 繁忙的，忙乱的

I’ve had a pretty hectic day.

我忙乱了一整天。

a hectic social life

繁忙的社交生活

► see thesaurus at busy

2 written if your face is a hectic colour, it is very pink 〔脸〕潮红的

the hectic flush on her cheeks

她双颊的潮红

Examples from the Corpus

hectic• He'd just returned from a hectic 10-day trip to New York.• The summer of 1990 was too hectic.• There are two hundred guests arriving in one hour! That's why things are so hectic!• The last few days had been hectic and exhausting.• It was pretty hectic - and scary.• It was really hectic at work today.• Time spent in taking stock is time well spent, even in the middle of a hectic day.• The Navy has spent several hectic days examining the wayward bombs.• I know we all enjoyed every minute of the three hectic months.• Peter Hall directs all this at a hectic pace around Carl Toms's lavish set.• During the month of hectic packing and training at Fort Benning, I barely knew who they were.• I know you have a hectic schedule, but could you pick something up for me on your way home?• It's been a pretty hectic week.• In the last hectic weeks before the show started we were practically living in the theatre to get it ready on time.

From Longman Business Dictionary

hectichec·tic /ˈhektɪk/ adjectiveadj

FINANCEhectic trading is when a lot of people buy and sell shares, currencies etc

hectic trading in which 3.1 million shares changed hands

Origin hectic

(1300-1400) Old French etique, from Greek hektikos “done as a habit, suffering from tuberculosis”, from exis “state of body or mind”

单词	hectic
释义	hectic Word family adjectivehecticalhecticadverbhectically hec·tic /ˈhektɪk/ adjectiveadj 1 BUSY/HAVE A LOT TO DOvery busy or full of activity 繁忙的，忙乱的 I’ve had a pretty hectic day. 我忙乱了一整天。 a hectic social life 繁忙的社交生活 ► see thesaurus at busy 2 written if your face is a hectic colour, it is very pink 〔脸〕潮红的 the hectic flush on her cheeks 她双颊的潮红 Examples from the Corpus hectic• He'd just returned from a hectic 10-day trip to New York.• The summer of 1990 was too hectic.• There are two hundred guests arriving in one hour! That's why things are so hectic!• The last few days had been hectic and exhausting.• It was pretty hectic - and scary.• It was really hectic at work today.• Time spent in taking stock is time well spent, even in the middle of a hectic day.• The Navy has spent several hectic days examining the wayward bombs.• I know we all enjoyed every minute of the three hectic months.• Peter Hall directs all this at a hectic pace around Carl Toms's lavish set.• During the month of hectic packing and training at Fort Benning, I barely knew who they were.• I know you have a hectic schedule, but could you pick something up for me on your way home?• It's been a pretty hectic week.• In the last hectic weeks before the show started we were practically living in the theatre to get it ready on time. From Longman Business Dictionary hectichec·tic /ˈhektɪk/ adjectiveadj FINANCEhectic trading is when a lot of people buy and sell shares, currencies etc hectic trading in which 3.1 million shares changed hands Origin hectic (1300-1400) Old French etique, from Greek hektikos “done as a habit, suffering from tuberculosis”, from exis “state of body or mind”
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