1A low, continuous humming or murmuring sound, made by or similar to that made by an insect.

蜜蜂的嗡嗡声。

嗡嗡的交谈声。

1. 1.1 The sound of a buzzer or telephone.
   蜂鸣器（或电话）的嗡嗡声
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Kei groaned as for the third time that morning his hand sleepily fumbled in an attempt to silence the irritating buzz of the battery alarm clock.
   • When the telephone rang, a loud long electronic buzz, everyone flinched, and Danny almost jumped out of his chair.
   • The familiar buzz that had rang for the 8 years that she had been at the military academy to nudge her awake did so.
   • The annoying buzz of my alarm clock awoke me from my dreamless sleep.
   • The buzz of telephones and fax machines fills Lauren's head as she attempts to peruse an investment project put to her by Jake.
   • The buzz of an alarm clock sounded through the room.
   • Ironically, she would always find her eyes opening up the moment she heard her alarm clock buzz.
   • He actually felt quite relieved when a buzz sounded at the door; it signaled a little extra help, whether they knew it yet or not.
   • Nicole's alarm clock went off that morning with a resounding buzz that seemed louder than usual.
   • Suddenly all the indicators began flashing an angry red and several alarms signals went off at once creating a loud cacophony of buzzes, sirens and wails.
   • I soon determine that the annoying buzz is coming from the pink alarm clock that lay next to me on the nightstand.
   • Some people wanted a secure financial future, one wanted to be a role model, almost everyone wanted to escape the irritating buzz of the alarm clock every weekday morning.
   • A little intimidated, I rang, and on hearing a buzz, went up the carpeted stairs.
   • For sound effects there's a lot of futuristic beeps and buzzes, electrical tones, and the like.
   • ‘It's time to get up,’ a smooth voice said, barely carrying over the loud buzz of the alarm.
   • The loud buzz of the alarm was the only thing that could awaken me.
   • We were confronted by an almost Martian environment of stark rock in a wide assortment of hues and a silence completely unnatural to our modern world of beeps, buzzes and designer cell phone rings.
   • I heard the buzz that signaled for me to open the door and I smiled smugly as I walked in.
   • I dialled the number and sat listening to the buzzes that represented rings.
   • Jem's words are cut off by the buzz of Olivia's telephone, and Olivia presses the speaker button.

   Synonyms

   audible warning, purr, purring, ring, ringing, note, tone, beep, bleep, meep, warble, signal, alarm, alert
2. 1.2informal A telephone call.
   〈非正式〉电话
   I'll give you a buzz

   我会给你打电话。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Give me a buzz tomorrow if you'd like and I can go over the details with you.
   • I might give her a buzz tomorrow to see what the deal is.
   • If you need help debugging it, you're more than welcome to give me a buzz tomorrow.

   Synonyms

   phone call, telephone call, call, ring
3. 1.3informal A rumor.
   〈非正式〉谣言，传闻
   the buzz is that he's in big trouble

   Example sentencesExamples

   • I would like to bring to the Speaker's attention the talk on the streets - the ‘goss’, the buzz.
   • Meanwhile, the continuing buzz among sports agents is that he would like to reclaim the organization from the clutches of the corporation.
   • But the recent buzz has primarily been about her new relationship with her costar.
   • We heard the negative buzz, and cancelled any immediate plans to do any more on the movie.
   • ‘It's not unusual for those stories to be the buzz in Italy, I'm told,’ he says.
   • In circles where it really matters, the buzz is that she is extremely upset with her brother now, over the trailers getting snipped off.
   • Some prefer our saw chain blades and others prefer the rotary blade, however, the buzz is that some of our competitors think the chainsaw is passé.
   • The buzz is that the film promises a lot of thrills and adventure.
   • The good news is that the buzz has been positive.
   • The buzz is that the engagement of the happy couple has hit a few bumps and, after reportedly tense holidays spent at their house, wedding plans may have been put on hold.
   • How does a really good reporter deal with internet buzz?
   • And you know - you know the buzz about broadcast news, that it's on the decline.

   Synonyms

   rumour, gossip, story, word, report, whisper, speculation, insinuation, suggestion, hint
4. 1.4 An atmosphere of excitement and activity.
   兴奋；活跃的气氛
   there is a real buzz about the place

   这地方确实热闹。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • ‘We're having a really great day; the weather is amazing and there's a real buzz,’ she said.
   • We are hopeful that the programme of activities planned for the day will create a tremendous buzz and excitement in Kilkeel.
   • But l also wanted to be downtown where there's activity and a buzz in the air.
   • It's quite quiet - people are going about their business, but the usual buzz of tourist activity has slackened a bit.
   • The buildings are tall and elegant, and the atmosphere has a certain buzz - you just know that important things are happening all around you.
   • Spring fever is on its way and with it all, the buzz of gardening activities from the two legged creatures as well as those with many more legs.
   • There is an air of optimism around the city, a real buzz and a great sense that you are achieving things that many ‘southern’ cynics thought would not be possible.
   • Fellow diners created a laid back atmosphere but with a real buzz.
   • On the night we visited, the fire was crackling in the grate and there was a nice buzz to the atmosphere - busy but not packed.
   • We find it very exciting and it has created a real buzz in the office.
   • A friendly Russian night club where the combination of music, people and atmosphere creates an exciting buzz.
   • But anywhere else, the general buzz of the atmosphere would have sustained the crowd.
   • She took me for the most scenic route, via the Chinatown market, which was a buzz of activity, being a friday night.
   • With temperatures of up to 25 degrees the whole city is a buzz of activity and there is a real carnival atmosphere everywhere.
   • But despite its theme the Belfry is not quite a place for quiet contemplation, especially on weekend nights, when there is a real buzz to the place.
   • There has been a real buzz surrounding the event and our participants just cannot wait to dive in and raise some cash for charity.
   • Several people commented on the real buzz of excitement they felt as they entered the auditorium.
   • The town is staging its annual bugs festival and there is a real buzz of excitement in the community.
   • In both venues the arrival of the bunny and other ‘characters’ created a real buzz of excitement.
   • I'm grateful to him and to everybody else who has helped make the club what it is today, a thriving club which has given the city a real buzz.
5. 1.5informal A feeling of excitement or euphoria.
   〈非正式〉兴奋，愉快
   I got such a buzz out of seeing the kids' faces

   看着孩子们的脸庞，我兴奋不已。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • I've got a real buzz from the high sense of achievement I feel.
   • It's something we've been aiming at all year and certainly now, the buzz does begin to kick in a bit more.
   • Most of us did not feel a thing, not even the expected buzz typical of most stimulants.
   • We go on funfair rides, drive fast cars, ride motorbikes, climb highest summits, take part in dangerous sports - all basically for a thrill, a buzz.
   • I get a great buzz and a great thrill every time he rides for me.
   • ‘I get a real buzz out of the thought that you can help somebody by doing something like this,’ he said.
   • I knew it would be hard but I was genuinely excited and got a real buzz from the fact the education authority had asked me to try to sort things out.
   • Any any event, that little buzz of pleasure I get whenever Australia is playing is about to hit.
   • My smoking buzz is so strong that I cannot walk without flailing about dangerously.
   • It really is my passion and it gives me a real buzz.
   • Everyone in Thailand seemed to sell trips, and without fail got a real buzz from bargaining and offering ‘good price’.
   • But shark-feeding dives - where divers get bumped by huge Caribbean reef sharks - are the ultimate buzz for thrill-seekers.
   • If you become a ‘toker’, as time goes on, you'll seek out stronger weed as the buzz becomes less prevalent.
   • She waited for the buzz of tequila to kick in or the stage to improve but neither happened.
   • In fact, the motivations behind body modification are closely linked with those of smokers and skydivers, who get addicted to the pleasurable adrenaline buzz.
   • I just loved performing even then and got a real buzz from it.
   • But at therapeutic dose levels, there should not be a perceived buzz or euphoric effect.
   • But when I get behind the wheel of a powerbeat, I just put my foot down - I get a real buzz!
   • Every sense and trained alarm was ringing full force and the lovely buzz that the liquor had induced was nothing more than a painful distraction.
   • She said: ‘Once you have overcome your initial embarrassment, it gives you a real buzz.’

   Synonyms

   thrill, feeling of excitement, feeling of euphoria, stimulation, glow, tingle
6. 1.6informal A general sense of excitement about or interest in someone or something, as reflected in or generated by media coverage or word of mouth.
   they created a huge buzz with their latest album

   the film has already generated a lot of buzz in the industry

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Yet big name chefs are no longer enough to generate the needed media buzz and customer attention in such a booming market.
   • There's a real buzz about Morocco at the moment.
   • There's a real buzz about these awards which are shaping up to be the music event of the year.
   • There's been huge buzz around this movie and huge buzz around this girl.
   • Expertly paced trailers released over the past few months revealed nothing, and unannounced screenings in select cities created more buzz.
   • Various art projects throughout the state of Wisconsin are also generating a buzz.
   • All the buzz surrounding this band seems a little suspect, perhaps even artificial.
   • There are some sequels that create such buzz and excitement that their initial opening is sometimes more thrilling than the movie itself.
   • He responds with a pitch perfect performance that really justifies all the media buzz about a potential Best Actor Oscar nomination.
   • This Irish trio created a buzz across the pond in 2000 with their self-titled debut.
   • Many consumers' reviews did a better job than advertising and marketing to build buzz.
   • All the critics were in love, and the show was creating a major buzz.
   • It wasn't exactly the most exciting accidental product leak, so its outing didn't generate much buzz.
   • It's quite possible the song has been strategically released online to generate buzz, but does it really matter?
   • Aside from generating buzz, the free newsletter has garnered some tangible benefits for the company.
   • Samples to station deejays are expected to create even more buzz.
   • The movie directed by Ben Affleck is generating Oscar buzz.
   • The goal of the ad is to stimulate conversations and social media buzz.
   • The escalating buzz surrounding the picture since its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival last year would not be nearly as persistent were the film not so undeniably good.
   • Press releases are very often filled with a plethora of superlatives and not always so clever comparisons, aimed at creating a buzz, sometimes over nothing.

1Make a humming sound.

蚊子在我们身边嗡嗡作响。

1. 1.1often as noun buzzing (of the ears) be filled with a humming sound.
   （耳朵）充满嗡嗡声
   I remember a buzzing in my ears

   我记得耳朵里满是嗡嗡声。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • My ears buzz, my eyes well up, saliva builds up in my mouth until it drips down my chin.
   • With my left ear painlessly buzzing in its temporary deafness and the roof of my mouth lightly seared and tasting like steak, I retired for the evening.
   • Neither of the two senshi spoke during that time and the silence made Cathy's ears buzz.
   • After a long day, and with our ears buzzing, we were all starving.
   • It should make your ears buzz so that you can't hold a conversation without yelling for a few hours after the show.
   • Kaleb's ears buzzed as if two angry bees found their way into them.
   • Her ears still buzzed from listening to her walkman on the way to school.
   • Virginia's ears buzzed uncontrollably, and her head slammed against the carriage's wooden wall behind her.
   • The glass shut out most of the noise and left my ears buzzing again.
   • His body was cold with sweat, and his ears were still buzzing.
   • Oh, and before all that you get paranormal phenomena for a few days and ear buzzing, as kind of a preamble.
   • The guy who wanted to sue because his ears were buzzing after a rock concert is a ridiculous example, but it shows the way people are thinking.
   • My ears were buzzing, my head was pounding, people were screaming.
   • The music was beginning to make her ears buzz, and a small pain in her neck started to grow into a full fledged migraine.
   • His ears buzzed with anticipation of the fear that that clawed at the surface of his mind, daring to break loose and cause pandemonium upon all common sense and knowledge.
   • The longer his fingers lingered on her skin his ears buzzed with awareness.
   • The room was so quiet that my ears buzzed a little.
   • The misty scene disappeared, I found out that I could breathe again, and my ears were buzzing like crazy.
   • The air would take on a static charge, and you'd be able to hear your own ears buzzing.
   • My ears buzzed in the sudden absence of noise: harsh breathing, sobs, quiet and comforting words.
2. 1.2 Signal to someone with a buzzer.
   用蜂鸣器发信号
   with object he buzzed the stewardesses every five minutes

   他每隔五分钟按一次蜂鸣器传唤女服务员。

   the electric bell began to buzz for closing time

   电铃开始嗡鸣，提示已到关闭时间。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Lipton had barely entered his office when the intercom buzzed.
   • Agatha used the intercom to buzz what she called ‘servant headquarters’ and ordered two maids to come down.
   • The intercom buzzes and the Admiral's secretary announces the arrival of a final guest.
   • Driving past a guard booth or getting buzzed up via intercom - what's the difference?
   • He was in the process of updating his log when the intercom buzzed.
   • While he was in the middle of the lecture, the intercom buzzed.
   • Jamie's intercom buzzed again and he picked up the receiver.
   • The intercom buzzed and I proceeded to jump three feet in the opposite direction.
   • Christine, his father's secretary buzzed through on the intercom.
   • As soon as she starts to relax, the intercom buzzes on her desk and she presses the ‘receive’ button with a polished fingernail.
   • Just when I thought I'd have to maul someone to eat, the intercom buzzed.
   • As their lips met, the intercom behind them buzzed.
   • I had just finished garnishing two bagels with cream cheese when the gate's intercom buzzed.
   • Throughout the day Jason wrestles with his essay but rarely manages to tackle it for any length of time before the intercom buzzes again.
   • The apartment intercom buzzed and Hannah went to answer it.
   • ‘The principal wants to talk to you,’ the lady said, Jo nodded as the lady buzzed in the intercom.
   • The intercom on his desk buzzed, reminding him that in ten minutes he had to conduct yet another execution.
   • The intercom buzzed, and Max let Jared inside the building.
   • The intercom beside the door buzzed and came to life.
   • The intercom buzzes suddenly, drawing me away from the song.

   Synonyms

   purr, sound, reverberate, ring, beep, bleep, warble
3. 1.3informal with object Make a telephone call to (someone).
   Example sentencesExamples

   • She was typing with a phone at her ear when Josie buzzed her.
   • We wait while she buzzes someone and tells them she has an emergency out front.
   • When I got back, I buzzed Rory to see what everybody wanted to do for lunch.
   • They know they can buzz us if they want assistance.
   • He buzzes his secretary and announces he's taking a two week vacation to spend with his kids.
   • She buzzed him and informed him of our presence.
   • Sign up, and the likes of Brad will buzz you Thanksgiving night and tell you to go to bed.
   • He must also contend with a house phone on which the chef buzzes him with a Wagnerian ring, as insistent as the Doomsday trumps.
   • The magazine buzzed him in his L.A. hotel room and chatted about the new film, the band's score and the art of updating soundtracks.
   • But I was just getting ready to meet Caren - they were going to buzz me, and we were going in their car.
   • A woman, of Clacton police, said: ‘A man buzzed her saying he was from the gas board and wanted to read her meter.’
   • If anyone wants lunch in the city this week, buzz me.
   • He doesn't have long to simmer over this conversation before his secretary buzzes him again.
   • He knocks on my door, he comes down, he buzzes me on the phone, ‘Is there anything I can do to help?’
   • He buzzed his assistant and she brought in the new holo posters, already on display that very day in all of HI's Los Angeles holotheaters.
   • I tried to message her or buzz her but then she disappeared offline.

   Synonyms

   phone, call, get someone on the phone, get on the phone to, get, reach, dial, make a call to, place a call to

2with adverbial of direction Move quickly or busily.

她沿着一号高速公路风驰电掣般地赶回镇上。

1. 2.1Aeronautics informal with object Fly very close to (another aircraft, the ground, etc.) at high speed.
   〔航空〕〈非正式〉高速逼近（另一架飞机）；低飞掠过（地面等）
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Each C - 47 brought its human cargo over the heart of Paris and buzzed the Eiffel Tower.
   • He asked if I was the pilot that was under arrest for buzzing Jones Beach and I said yes.
   • I turned just in time to see a supersonic jet disappear again, after buzzing us from 200 feet.
   • A year earlier F16s had failed to intercept a Cessna light aircraft that deviated from course, and buzzed the White House.
   • I say reasonably quiet, because about five minutes after I came back, I got buzzed by an F17.

3(of a place) have an air of excitement or purposeful activity.

俱乐部内充满嘁嘁喳喳的兴奋之声。

1. 3.1 (of a person's mind or head) be filled with excited or confused thoughts.
   （思想，头脑）兴奋；混乱
   her mind was buzzing with ideas

   她满脑子都是想法。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • My head was still buzzing from the previous night's antics but something was nagging away at me, something deep inside that I was supposed to remember.
   • If you win, you're buzzing and everyone is hyper and bouncing around the place like a bunch of kids in the playground.
   • I emerge buzzing from the Champagne three hours later.
   • I'm still buzzing from that Challenge Cup (victory this year).
   • The consequence is that now I too hate skirting boards, even ones that sat there at half five this morning gleaming with a sort of buzzing early morning brilliance while my head buzzed with lack of sleep.
   • His head was still buzzing; he couldn't believe what was happening to him.
   • My head was buzzing, filled with the memories of our night together.
   • I am buzzing for Nathan as he is my best mate at the club.
   • Sophie's mind was buzzing, how much had he heard?
   • I didn't know what to do with myself after the show, I was buzzing, on edge, frantic.
   • This time last year I was buzzing, and I'm not now.
   • But his head was buzzing - he could still hear Kai's voice inside his mind, repeating itself over and over.
   • I understand your points, and although my head buzzes trying to take each sentence in, I'm taking it on board.
   • My legs were sore and my head was still buzzing from the music.
   • Beyond the tousled hair and sexily dishevelled clothes they're buzzing, too.
   • I was still buzzing by the time I got home and couldn't sleep as my brain ticked over with excitement.
   • My mind was buzzing, but my outward appearance looked dead.
   • Michael's head was still buzzing from his so-called lectures.
   • For some reason I was really buzzing, I was at a fair, I hadn't been to one since the River Festival almost a year previous.
   • My head was buzzing, the screen was only the way I saw my uncle.
   • I just wanted to re-establish myself and I was buzzing whenever I played.
   • My legs just refused to work and my head was buzzing.
   • I was buzzing to play and then everything went wrong.
   • I understood why that was done, but I was buzzing at the time.
   • However it may not be the tutor who's making their heads buzz, but the thought of taking their first step on the property ladder.
   • His mind was buzzing, full with images of black boats on dark lochs and shadows flitting through trees.
   • Having skipped the end of term bop to sleep, I didn't manage a single hour; my mind was buzzing.
   • After receiving my award I am absolutely buzzing.
   • In fact, the players are buzzing at the moment and I am looking forward to getting them back to business.
   • His mind buzzes with ideas about history, technology, art theory, politics, global cultural trends, and more.
   • We were ready to go on the first tee in the afternoon and we were buzzing.
   • They were really buzzing and really pleased to see us.
   • The Bradford fighter is buzzing as he counts down the hours to the fight that will make or break his bid to crack boxing's elite.
   • So I'm at work, and really need to get into gear because I have so much to do that my mind is buzzing.
   • My head was buzzing as I tried to put myself to sleep using the familiar sound of Julian's heartbeat.
   • My head was buzzing, and I kept gasping for air against his lips.
   • I came out buzzing, wishing I had the soundtrack to play in the car.
   • Except for the fact that her head was still buzzing.
   • ‘It would've taken a lot out of me if I'd lost, but I'm buzzing,’ said White.
   • I was buzzing, bubbling, and hyperactive as I anticipated what was to follow.